Joshua Kutryk is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School in Edwards, California.

[7] Prior to joining the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Kutryk was an experimental test pilot and a fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in Cold Lake, Alberta, where he led the unit responsible for flight-testing of fighter aircraft in Canada.

Kutryk was shortlisted to undergo a yearlong testing program and ultimately found himself in the top 16 finalists of some 5,350 candidates.

[7] As of July 2017, Kutryk has relocated to Houston, Texas, to start the two-year NASA Astronaut Candidate Training Program at the Johnson Space Center.

In September 2019 Kutryk participated, as a Cavenaut,[8][9] in the training ESA CAVES[10] organized by the European Space Agency between Italy and Slovenia.