Canada soars into space with new moon and ISS astronaut missions Canada sent its first astronaut to space in 1984. Nearly 40 years later, the Canadian Space Agency is riding a surge of funding, propelling astronauts to the moon and the ISS alongside major space projects. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j7jfWJXQn2JTn6ysVxJ4hL.jpg https://www.space.com/canada-soars-space-iss-astronaut-moon-missions