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Astronaut Marc Garneau Uses AES-made Sunphotometer - October 1984
 Marc Garneau using sunphotometer on space shuttle |
 Marc Garneau with onlooker, Paul D. Scully-Power, mission crew member |
 Michel Villeneuve, warden at Georgian Bay Islands National Park shows poster of Marc Garneau and sunphotometer during the September 1989 "Our World" Summit on the Environment held at the Ontario Science Centre. |
Marc Garneau was Canada's first astronaut in space and, as payload specialist, conducted a number of science experiments during the 8-day STS-41G mission in October 5-13, 1984 aboard the US Space Shuttle Challenger . He used the AES-made sunphotometer for environmental research in climate, ozone layer and acid rain. * * * For more information in Zephyr see: Christmas 1989, p 6 May / June 1984, p 2 * * * See also page 11 of ECCC Publication: "Canada's Ozone Layer Protection Program : A summary" - 4th ed 1997 * * * photos of Marc Garneau - credit NASA |