"First of all, that first Sunday, I will never forget," says Canada's newest astronaut

David Sant-Jack, Canada's newest astronaut, on Monday gave reporters his first account of being above the International Space Station (ISS), saying there was a bit of adjustment but there were moments he would "never Forget. "

Saint-Jack, Americans astronaut an MCKELAIN and Russian Kosmonaut Oleg Kononenko blast off to the space station last Monday.

Saint-Jack tells reporters through a video call that he's been hard at work. On Thursday, he started a new performance performance, part of a University of York University in Toronto. It is expected that he will manage about 200 experiments while aborting the elements.

"Adjusting to space is a new thing for me," said Saint-Jacques from his first few days on the station. "But none of the training you get prepares you for weightlessness." So I do the typical Rookie mistakes trying not to crash anywhere. "

As for some of the projects he has garnered, Saint-Jacques said, initially, he was struggling to decide what's up and down. On Earth, it is determined in part of what's going on with your inner ear and your eyes. However, he says he was relying more on his vision to collect a sense of direction. He also found that he was a bit annoyed, an effect caused by microgravity.

Asked about his first impressing look on the ground, Saint-Jack said he was not going to forget it.

"During the launch of the Soyuz, it was very familiar, we are all very very athlete doing our procedures in a spacecraft that looks just like the simulator, and we got to zero gravity at the engine cutoff and it was all really fun , But it's nighttime, "he said. "It was our first Sunday on orbit, and this is quite an emotional moment. When I looked out the window and this little blue crescent began to get brighter and brighter, I realized that this is actually the curve of the earth. That first Sunday, I will never forget. "

This is the first time a Canadian was in place since Chris Hadfield returned in 2013. It was also the first craved mission since two astronauts were forced to stop less than a minute after launch on October 11.

"It's a very humbling privilege to be here," said Saint-Jack.

Saint-Jack will spend about 6 ½ months in place, returning to June.