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Artemis 1 is getting ready for its moonshot, and Canada is on board the larger mission.
Read More »Canada is Counting on Artemis 1 to Fly Well, Just Like Everyone Else
NASA’s VIPER lunar rover mission delayed into 2024
NASA’s schedule for the Artemis program was always unrealistic at the funding levels it had to work with. Now comes another delay, this time for NASA’s VIPER lunar rover mission.
Read More »Rocket Lab’s launch of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon will feature new capabilities
Rocket Lab's now well-known for their Electron Rockets, and one of them is about to carry NASA and Advanced Space’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission on the first leg of its trip to the Moon. It’s Rocket Lab’s new Photon vehicle and its HyperCurie engine that will bring CAPSTONE the rest of the way, though, and Photon’s maiden voyage …
Read More »What’s next for CSA after Canadian Space Exploration Workshop
The three-day Canadian Space Exploration Workshop (CSEW) wrapped on June 16 after attendees spent most of their time in breakout groups discussing what to do next in Canadian space exploration and science. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency provides $1.75M for 7 Moon infrastructure ideas
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded contracts to five companies, including a startup, to conduct studies for seven infrastructure ideas for the Moon.
Read More »CisLunar Industries on in-space metal processing using recycled space debris
In this weeks Space Economy podcast we’re presenting a Future in Space Operations talk by Gary Calnan, the founder and CEO of CisLunar Industries.
Read More »Canada looks to commercial opportunities in Low Earth Orbit, exploration of the lunar orbit and surface
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) that covers a wide breadth of potential opportunities including for commercial Low Earth Orbit destinations and exploration of the Lunar surface and orbit. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »What is Canada’s role in the exploration of the Moon?
By now many Canadians should be aware that Canada has committed to the exploration of the Moon including participation in the American led Artemis program.
Read More »Sherbrooke scientist receives CSA funding for lunar VIPER mission
Canadian applied geomatics scientist Myriam Lemelin of the University of Sherbrooke will get funding from the Canadian Space Agency for the lunar VIPER ice-hunting rover.
Read More »Astrolab’s Jaret Matthews on their multipurpose rovers
In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Jaret Matthews, founder and CEO of Astrolab.
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