Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
74/100
CBC News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
7
Science
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says seeing Earth 'changed' him
Fort Saskatchewan space explorer marked a mission milestone and captured a new perspective of home
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk said he was overwhelmed with emotion looking at the Earth during a seven-hour spacewalk on Thursday.
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"Your mind doesn't know what to do with that image," he said.
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Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully installed seven of eight new solar panels on the International Space Station during the spacewalk.
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Kutryk → instal → spacewalk
Kutryk became the fifth Canadian to perform such a feat.
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Speaking to media as he floated inside the space station on Friday morning, Kutryk said the experience changed him.
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He said seeing the blue planet from the outside made him feel "very small" and "almost insignificant.
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him → say → outside
"[I feel] like I want to make every decision I make in my life going forward, and just try to be a better person, the best person I can," said Kutryk.
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Kutryk → feel → life
He described seeing the Earth while hovering in the vacuum of space as "very confusing" and "a sensory overload."
'A changed perspective'
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He added that he was stunned by the beauty and fragility of the planet.
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Kutryk, who was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., said he could see his home province from space.
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He posted several photos of Canada as seen from the space station on social media.
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He → post → media
"I do think that we come back to Earth with a changed perspective," he said.
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He and Menon had to work in both the darkness of space and through blinding sunlight, on top of the distracting view of the Earth.
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He said his years of training paid off and the work went off without a hitch.
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work → say → hitch
Before him, the last Canadian to perform a spacewalk was David Saint-Jacques in 2019.
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Saint-Jacques led the news conference at the space agency's headquarters in Longueuil, Que., with Eleanor Olszewski, the minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada.
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Jacques → lead → Canada
Saint-Jacques said Kutryk is "a real role model for Canadian youth."
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As an Albertan, Olszewski added that she felt "tremendous pride" seeing Kutryk make history.
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Kutryk → add → history
Kutryk and his crew's mission is crucial, Saint-Jacques said, as the station is nearly 30 years old and its original solar panels have lost efficiency.
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According to agency, the new panels, paired with previously installed arrays, will help increase power generation capacity on the station by up to 30 per cent.
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panels → accord → cent
'Incredibly proud'
Mathieu Caron, director of the agency's astronauts, life sciences, and space medicine directorate, said the job couldn't have been done without Canada's decades-long contribution to space exploration.
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Menon rode the Canadarm 2 robotic arm to perform the maintenance work.
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Menon → ride → work
The spacewalkers also received support from the robotics team in Longueuil, where Canadian astronaut Jenni Gibbons gave the duo step-by-step instructions.
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Gibbons → receive → instructions
"We're all incredibly proud," said Caron.
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Caron → say → ?
While he tried to focus on the task at hand, Kutryk says he will make sure to take in the view during his second spacewalk next week, when he and Menon are scheduled to install the eighth solar panel.
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