Astronaut David Saint-Jacques Returns to Earth, Sets Canadian Space Record

In this photo provided by NASA, Expedition 59 astronaut David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is helped out of the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft just minutes after he, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on June 25, 2019. Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP/The Canadian Press

LONGUEUIL, QB.—David Saint-Jacques returned to Earth on Monday after more than six months aboard the International Space Station.

The native of Saint-Lambert, QB., has set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a Canadian at 204 days.