NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis lifted-off today at 2:28 p.m. ET on an 11-day mission to service the the International Space Station (ISS). On-board the shuttle is the Canadian APEX-Cambium (Advanced Plant EXperiments on Orbit) experiment. The experiment will help determine the role gravity plays in trees forming different kinds of wood.
Read More »Details of Canadian Space Agency Research and Development Contracts Released
Earlier today Federal Minister of Industry Tony Clement today announced that the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded 26 research and development contracts to 15 companies worth a total of $8 million for the CSA Space Technologies Development Program. Details of those contracts have now been released. Two companies received the majority of the funding with MPB Communications Inc. of Pointe-Claire, Quebec receiving five contracts …
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Awards 26 Research and Development Contracts
Federal Minister of Industry Tony Clement today announced that the Canadian Space Agency has awarded 26 research and development contracts to 15 companies worth a total of $8 million.
Read More »Remembrance Day Thoughts from Space by Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk
Orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Robert shares his thoughts this Remembrance Day.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Releases Analogue Missions Request for Proposals
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released, through the public tendering service MERX, a request for proposals (RFP) to plan and execute Analogue Missions. Analogue Missions are simulations of space mission operations that take place at analogue sites on Earth; these can also be thought of as Integrated field tests. Sites that are presently used for analogue missions include Devon Island in Nunavut, Pavilion Lake …
Read More »Canada in the US Human Spaceflight Plans Committee Report
Canada is mentioned five times in the US Human Spaceflight Plans Committee Report. Three are general references to Canada’s participation in the space station Freedom and the International Space Station. The other mentions are more significant.
Read More »Canada Celebrates 25 Year of Human Presence in Space
On October 5, 1984 astronaut Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space as he was aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on STS-41G. A quarter of a century later another 8 Canadians have flown into space for a total of 16 flights including the current mission by space participant Guy Lalibert. Canada’s newest astronauts Jeremy Hansen and David St-Jacques are undergoing training and have yet …
Read More »Controlled Fire in Alberta as Seen from Space
This photo was taken by Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk from the International Space Station and shows smoke plumes caused by controlled fires set in the mountains near Canmore, Alberta.
Read More »Canadian Textiles in Space for Radiation Protection
Dr. Nicole Buckley, Director of Life and Physical Sciences at the Canadian Space Agency, sees opportunities for the Canadian textile industry in space. Dr. Buckley will be presenting a paper entitled “A New niche for Canadian textiles – in space!” at the Expo Hightex in Montreal on October 8th. The focus would be on radiation protection and mitigation of the negative effects of spaceflight.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Posts Two More Requests for Proposals to MERX
The Canadian Space Agency released two more requests for proposals (RFP’s) today bringing the total to 10 RFP’s released in the just over a week. The two new RFP’s are for a Miniaturized Drill Prototype for Lunar Exploration and a Combined Active and Passive Vision System for Localisation, Navigation and Visual Servicing.
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