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Former Prime Minister and Canada’s first man in space departs at 76

Updated on: 06 June,2025 10:01 AM IST  |  Ottawa (Ontario)
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Garneau made two other trips to space. He served in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government as minister of foreign affairs and transport minister, and was a Liberal member of Parliament between 2008 and 2023

Former Prime Minister and Canada’s first man in space departs at 76

Marc Garneau before the STS-97 space mission in 2000. Pic/Canadian Space Agency

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Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space and a former foreign minister, died on Wednesday after a short illness. He was 76. An electrical engineer and former Royal Canadian Navy officer, he became the first Canadian in space when he flew aboard the US space shuttle in 1984. 

Garneau made two other trips to space. He served in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government as minister of foreign affairs and transport minister, and was a Liberal member of Parliament between 2008 and 2023.


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