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Joshua Kutryk
L. Col. Joshua Kutryk (born March 21, 1982) is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, pilot. He was selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as one of the two members of the 2017 CSA group.

Early Life and Education
Kutryk was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada on March 21, 1982. He was raised on a cattle farm in eastern Alberta.

Kutryk holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada. He also holds a master's degree in space studies from Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, a master's degree in flight test engineering from the Air University (United States Air Force) in Alabama and a master's degree in defence studies from the Royal Military College of Canada.

Military Career
Kutryk served as a McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet Pilot with 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron in CFB Bagotville, Quebec from 2007-2011. In this capacity, he flew missions in support of NATO, United Nations and North American Aerospace Defense Command commitments. He was deployed to both Libya and Afghanistan.

Kutryk later moved on to serve as the officer in charge of fighter evaluations, responsible for conducting airborne evaluations of new technologies and systems on the CF-18.

Astronaut Career
Kutryk was selected as one of two new Astronaut s by the Canadian Space Agency in July 2017 along with Jenni Sidey. This was the fourth Canadian astronaut selection process. Kutryk is currently training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas as a member of the 2017 NASA astronaut class. He attributes much of his desire to become an astronaut to his grade 6 teacher, Ted Hupe. Kutryk states that Hupe told the class stories of adventures he had went on, and that lit a spark of curiosity within him that drove him to take the path to becoming an astronaut.