‘I’m having the time of my life,’ says astronaut Joshua Kutryk, beaming in from space

ST. JOHN’S — Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk says he feels a new urgency to care for the Earth as he watches the planet from the blackness of space.

Kutryk beamed into an educational centre in St. John’s, N.L., to answer questions from children about his adventures aboard the International Space Station.

He says space life is tough, and sometimes even tedious, but it’s a lot of fun to fly around in microgravity.

The audience in St. John’s clapped and cheered as he did a backflip to demonstrate his weightlessness.