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Julie Payette CC CMM COM CQ CD FCAE (French pronunciation: [ʒyli pajɛt]; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation.
May 26, 2008 · Julie Payette is the first Canadian astronaut to board the International Space Station, which she went to twice (1999, 2009). She served as the chief astronaut for the Canadian Space Agency from 2000 to 2007.
Julie Payette, née le 20 octobre 1963 à Montréal [1], est une scientifique, administratrice et femme d'État canadienne. Astronaute en chef de l'Agence spatiale canadienne entre 2000 et 2007, elle participe aux missions STS-96 et STS-127.
Payette was the first Canadian to participate in an ISS assembly mission and to board the Space Station. From July 15 to 31, 2009, Julie Payette served as the flight engineer on the crew of STS-127 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on the 29th Shuttle mission to the ISS.
May 2, 2024 · Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut and governor-general from 2017 to 2021. She flew on two spaceflights: STS-96 in 1999 and STS-127 in 2009. She resigned as governor-general after a Privy Council Office report found that she had harassed and bullied her employees.
Jan 21, 2021 · The following statement was released by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette on Thursday announcing her resignation: Payette is stepping down in wake of blistering report on Rideau Hall work environment
The Right Honourable Julie Payette was invested as Canada’s 29th governor general on October 2, 2017, and served until January 22, 2021. Her motto, PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (Through hardship to the stars), refers to her belief in the abilities of people everywhere to achieve their potential and make discoveries for a better world through ...
Before becoming Governor General, Julie Payette was an astronaut, engineer, scientific broadcaster and corporate director. From 1992 to 2013, Ms. Payette worked as an astronaut and flew two missions in space.
Jan 21, 2021 · Canada’s Governor General Julie Payette has resigned following the “scathing” findings of an independent review into workplace abuse allegations that had been levied against her.
Apr 28, 2003 · When the shuttle Discovery blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida next week, Julie Payette will soar into the galaxy of her childhood dreams. From the time she was a prepubescent girl growing up in a Montreal suburb with a photo of American astronaut Neil Armstrong plastered on her bedroom door, Payette has been smitten with space.
