Date of birth: December 14, 1954 Place of birth: Ottawa ON Age: 62 Area of expertise: space technology Education: He went to york university in toronto where he recived a bachelors deree in physics in 1977 and a doctoral degree in 1983. Training: He was selected as one of the first 6 canadian astronauts to train in 1983. he began training in 1984 and was the chief science advisor for the international space station from 1993 to 1994. Program experience: He was the president of the canadian space agency from 2008-2013 Mission experience: He was on two space shuttles where he was the payload specialist of the STS-52 and the one of the mission specialists for the STS-115 where he was the second candian to do the spacewalk after Chris Hadfield. Here is a video of Maclean describing what you have to do in order to do the spacewalk and what he experienced while doing the test. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kirIBq75Rs0&t=58s Mission patches:
Fun facts:
Steve MacLean was the first canadian to operate the canadarm 2
His other job is a physicist
There is a school in Ottawa named after him
He has a wife named Nadine and has three kids, MIchele, Jean Philippe and Catherine