Julie Payette
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"Julie Payette", Order of Canada/OC, National Order of Quebec/CQ is a Canadian engineer and Canadian Astronaut Corps/astronaut. Payette has completed two spaceflights, STS-96 and STS-127, logging more than 25 days in space. She served as Chief Astronaut for the CSA, and has served in other roles for both NASA and CSA, such as Flight controller#Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM)/CAPCOM.

In July 2013, Julie Payette was named Chief Operating Officer for the Montreal Science Centre in the Old Port of Montreal. In April 2014, she was appointed a Director of the National Bank of Canada./

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