BAIKONUR COSMODROME, KAZAKHSTAN – With Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques preparing for a ride into space tomorrow, the natural question to ask is — when will we get our next chance?
Read More »Canada Planning for a Generational-Type Change for the Astronaut Program
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, KAZAKHSTAN – While Canada has been without a detailed space plan since 1994, there is some indication this might be happening soon.
Read More »Canada Preparing the Way for Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway Contribution
While the Canadian government has not publicly committed to the long-term NASA led Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway program, it is preparing the way, and sources inform SpaceQ that Canada is likely to sign-on.
Read More »NASA Administrator Asks Canada to Participate in Lunar Space Station
OTTAWA – The hard sell is on. NASA wants Canada to get involved in its lunar space station. The Trudeau government hasn’t committed yet, but one minister promises Canada will have a long-term space strategy before the end of the administration’s mandate in late 2019.
Read More »Explorers Going to the Moon, Mars and Beyond Will Need AI-based Medical Care
As humans venture beyond Low Earth Orbit access to medical care becomes problematic. In the very near future Artificial Intelligence (AI) based medical care along with advanced robotics will help astronauts in a time of need.
Read More »A New Moon Race Launched at the 2018 International Astronautical Congress
Though a little clumsy in their presentation and perhaps little lacking in organizational detail, a new non-profit group headlined by space agencies and industry are starting a new moon race, one where technology development is the goal.
Read More »Canada and U.S. Space Cooperation Remains Strong but Funding Drives Programs
On September 7 the Wilson Center’s Canada Institute in Washington organized a one day event titled “Over the Horizon: A New Era for Canada-U.S. Space Cooperation?” As with many events like this, discussions behind the scenes is where a lot of the action was. Though, there was one clear fact that no one could surmount.
Read More »Canadian Astronauts to Fly on SpaceX Dragon and or Boeing Starliner
Lost in the hoopla in NASA’s recent announcement of the first sets of commercial crew astronauts who will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Boeing’s Starliner, was a short sentence which said international partners would be assigned crew spots at a later date.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Awards $1.38 Million for Four Contracts
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded three contracts to universities related to last years Space Exploration Science Maturation Study and a robotic technology contract to MDA.
Read More »International Space Station Members Release Draft Deep Space Exploration Standards
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) along with NASA, the Russian state space agency Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have released the first public draft of of seven interoperability standards for the future human exploration of deep space.
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