Who was the first Canadian to board the International space station?

On May 27, 1999, Julie Payette, a computer and electrical engineer, became the first Canadian to board the International Space Station and to participate in an assembly mission.

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She Lifted off from Cape Kennedy (Canaveral) on her first space mission, aboard the Discovery Space Shuttle. Discovery completed its mission, STS-96, touching down again at Cape Kennedy on June 6, 1999.