The Canadian Space Agency announced on Wednesday December 16 2020, that Joshua Kutryk is among four Canadian Astronauts, who could be selected to fly around the moon in 2023 on the Artemis 2 Mission - the first crewed mission of Nasa’s Artemis Program, which will test the Orion Spacecraft in lunar orbit in preparation for the landing in 2024. The announcement was made on Wednesday, December 16 2020, following an agreement between the CSA and NASA. Canada has agreed to provide robotics to NASA, in exchange for the opportunity for Canada to fly lunar missions.

“As Canadian astronauts, I think that we’re particularly proud to be representing Canada in this context,”Kutryk said in a press conference. “We’re also proud to have built here, at the Canadian Space Agency, our core of highly trained and ready professional astronauts, all of whom are ready for these missions and the ones that will follow”

CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk undergoes NBL training2018- 04-12 – CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk is in a spacesuit prior to underwater spacewalk training at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL). (Credit: NASA/David De-Hoyos)

Apollo 50: Celebrating Moon exploration across Canada. 2019- 11-01 - On July 20, 2019, Canadian Space Agency astronauts were in science centres across Canada to celebrate 50 years since the Apollo 11 lunar landing. CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk hosted the local event at the Johnson Geo Centre in St. John's as David Saint-Jacques and Robert Thirsk connected by video link to discuss the proud history and unfolding future of lunar exploration. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)