Bolton, Ontario’s Canadensys Aerospace has received a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to work on lunar agriculture. According to the announcement, they will specifically be assisting with design work on subsystems for a “Ground Test Demonstrator” (GTD) of a Lunar Greenhouse. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. …
Read More »After a Soft Lunar Touchdown, Canadensys Plans More Missions to the Moon
Technology from Ontario’s Canadensys Aerospace was recently on the first U.S. Moon lander to make a soft touchdown in more than 50 years, since the Apollo 17 human landing mission of 1972.
Read More »Simple Error Could Have Resulted in Intuitive Machines Mission Failure
At this stage of the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission, there is good reason for the company and NASA to celebrate. The Odysseus descent and landing was mostly successful. The news that the spacecraft tipped over and possibly broke a “leg” though does take some shine off the exuberance. However, what was barely discussed at the almost hour and a half news conference Friday was the …
Read More »Intuitive Machines Odysseus Lands on the Moon
It was a nail bitting experience and it took some time to get confirmation, but Intuitive Machines has successfully landed its robotic spacecraft Odysseus on the Moon’s south pole. It is the first time in over 50 years that an American spacecraft has landed on the Moon and the first ever successful south pole landing as well as the first successful commercial landing.
Read More »CSA Issues RFP for Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Science Instruments
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Science Instruments.
Read More »Intuitive Machines IM-1 Spacecraft Begins Journey to the Moon with Canadian Technology
A SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocketed into the dark sky at 1:05 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A in Florida with the Intuitive Machines IM-1 spacecraft and began its week long journey to the Moon. Canadian technology from Canadensys Aerospace and MDA are onboard.
Read More »New Polytechnique Montréal Astrolith Research Unit Pushes for the Moon
As Canada pushes for its first-ever human Moon mission and lunar rover in the coming few years, a new research unit in “lunar engineering” at Polytechnique Montréal aims to boost Canadian resources and infrastructure in that field.
Read More »Lunar Meteorite Hints that the Moon’s Crust had Abundant Water
The early lunar crust had a lot of water at the beginning of our solar system’s formation, more than four billion years ago. The new research from a Western University postdoctoral fellow on this topic was published in Nature Astronomy on Jan. 15.
Read More »The Challenge – Purifying Moon Water
A skillful Canadian organization could win $527,500 in a challenge to develop new technologies to purify Moon water for human exploration on the Moon and beyond.
Read More »What Delays to the Artemis II and III missions Mean for Canada
On Jan. 9, NASA announced it would be shifting the launch of Artemis II to September 2025. Artemis III — the first mission to land humans on the surface of the moon since 1972 — was moved to September 2026.
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