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Astronauts

Julie Payette
鶹ýվ graduates are ambassadors for Montreal and Canada, whether they’re on Earth and off. Three 鶹ýվ graduates have travelled to the International Space Station as astronauts with the Canadian Space Agency: Julie Payette (BEng’86, DSc’03), Robert Thirsk (MDCM’82) and Dave Williams (BSc’76, MDCM’83, MSc’83, DSc’07). A fourth grad, David Saint-Jacques (MedResident ’07) is scheduled to blast off in 2018.

William Shatner
And, of course, there’s Earth’s most storied spaceman, who explored the furthest reaches of the galaxy without ever leaving a Hollywood soundstage: Captain James T. Kirk. (But his 1952 鶹ýվ diploma reads “William Shatner.”)

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