Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques participates in the inauguration of the Montreal Moonstone Exhibition

Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who took off for an extended stay at the International Space Station in December, participated in the launch of an exhibition on the moon at the Science Center. from Montreal on Friday.

Visitors will be able to touch the lunar sample. -billion years, weighs 24 grams and is only as big as an eraser.

It is not a coincidence that the show was officially unveiled on the 49th anniversary of the first lunar landing inhabited by American astronauts at Apollo 11 on July 20th. , 1969.

M. Saint-Jacques touched the last point of attention of the science center, collected during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

But he admitted to reporters that he was not expecting to what he is going to the moon in the future. [19659009"Ithinkit'sforthenextgenerationofastronauts"hetoldthejournalistsonFriday"Paspourmoi"

But Mr. Saint-Jacques said he would like to see the lunar footprints of Canadians.

"Physically and physically, it is a possibility of course," he said. "These are political decisions, program decisions, but I think we should … it will be an incredible source of inspiration for everyone."

Saint-Jacques, which will launch for the space laboratory into orbit on December 20th aboard a Russian vessel Soyuz, will celebrate its 49th anniversary on the space station on January 6th.

But his mission will end before the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's "little step" on the lunar surface