STS-127

… Endeavour as part of the STS-127 mission (July 15 to 31, 2009), which installed a module of experiments exposed to the vacuum of space onto the outside of Kibo, the Japanese-built laboratory module of the ISS. Payette operated the shuttle’s robotic arm during the space walks that installed the experiment…

…of the space shuttle mission STS-127, marking the first time two Canadians had been in space together. He was on the ISS for nearly 188 days before returning to Earth on December 1, 2009. Between his two spaceflights, he had spent nearly 205 days in space, more than all other…