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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, a blue TVO Kids T-shirt and an orange hoodie.

He says HELLO, AND WELCOME TO
TVO K NEWS.
I'M YOUR NEWS ANCHOR, DANIEL,
AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

On a screen behind him appears a picture of a rocket lifting off with the caption "Canadian in space."

He says BLAST OFF!
THAT'S RIGHT, ON MONDAY
CANADIAN ASTRONAUT
DAVID ST. JACQUES
BLASTED OFF IN A ROCKET
LAUNCHED FROM KAZAKHSTAN
TO TRAVEL TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HE SHARES A MISSION WITH
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT OLEG KONONENKO
AND AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
ANNE MCCLAIN.
THEY WILL SPEND SIX MONTHS
AT THE STATION
WHERE HE WILL CONDUCT
EXPERIMENTS
AND TEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES,
INCLUDING HOW TO PROVIDE
REMOTE MEDICAL CARE.
NOW, ASTRONAUTS DO
EXTENSIVE TRAINING
TO PREPARE THEM
FOR SPACE TRAVEL.
DAVID ST. JACQUES SPENT YEARS
PREPARING FOR THIS MISSION,
THINGS THAT INCLUDE
NOT JUST ATHLETIC TRAINING,
BUT UNDERWATER TRAINING,
HIGH-ALTITUDE TRAINING,
AND EVEN WINTER CAMPING
WAS PART OF HIS TRAINING.
ALL OF THESE THINGS
HELPED TO MAKE HIM
PHYSICALLY STRONG
AND MENTALLY PREPARED
FOR ANY SITUATION THAT COULD
HAPPEN WHILE IN SPACE.
THAT'S AMAZING!

A picture of David appears on the screen. David is in his forties, with short receding gray hair and wears a blue overall with patches.

Daniel says NOW, DAVID ST. JACQUES
IS THE NINTH CANADIAN
TO GO ON A SPACE MISSION.
AND HE WILL BE THE FIRST
CANADIAN SINCE 2013
WHEN CHRIS HADFIELD
WENT TO THE SPACE STATION
FOR FIVE MONTHS.
BUT ACCORDING TO
THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY
AND NASA,
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
COULD SOON BE
A THING OF THE PAST.
NOW, NATIONS FROM AROUND
THE WORLD
WILL BE FOCUSING ON
BUILDING A NEW SPACE STATION,
THE LUNAR GATEWAY.
WHICH WILL BE A MOON-ORBITING
SPACE STATION
THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO EXPLORE DEEP SPACE.
THAT'S SO EXCITING AND SCI-FI.
BUT HERE IN THE PRESENT
LET'S ALL WISH THE BEST
FOR DAVID ST. JACQUES
AND HIS CURRENT MISSION.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE TVO K NEWS
COMING UP NEXT.

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