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On this weeks Terranauts podcast, host Iain Christie recounts the story of when he realized what it meant to be what he now calls a Terranaut.
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Quantum Encryption Satellite QEYSSat Phase A Contracts Awarded to Neptec and COM DEV
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded two QEYSSat Phase A contracts to Neptec and COM DEV as Canada looks to establish a space based satellite quantum encryption capability.
Read More »MDA’s Acquisition of Neptec Shows Weakness in the Canadian Space Sector
If anyone thought MDA was leaving Canada, they better think again. The announcement on Monday that they had acquired Ottawa based Neptec Design Group is an example of how the company is consolidating its hold on key technologies.
Read More »Government Announces DND and Space Industry Contracts Worth $16 Million
In the last week the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and the Department of National Defence (DND) invested $16 million in support of three organizations.
Read More »Canada’s Fledging Rover Program Is Facing A Rocky Future – Space Quarterly Archives
Continuing with our Summer Reading Series of articles or interviews that still have some relevance today, we present Canada’s Fledging Rover Program Is Facing A Rocky Future which outlined the state of rover development in Canada in the fall of 2011. The story was written by Elizabeth Howell and originally published in Space Quarterly Magazine in December 2011. Six years later many of the same players are still …
Read More »Canada Sets Its Gaze on the Deep-Space ‘Horizon’
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is officially setting its gaze on the deep-space ‘horizon’ with a study that could lead to man-tended stations near the moon and Mars.
Read More »Neptec to Develop a New Advanced Space Vision System for the International Space Station
In his first visit to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as the new Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), the Honourable Navdeep Bains announced that the Government of Canada would be funding through the Canadian Space Agency a new advanced space vision system for the International Space Station (ISS) to be designed and developed by the Neptec Design Group Ltd. of Ottawa.
Read More »Neptec Awarded Phase A Contract for Space Station Dextre Deployable Vision System
Neptec has been awarded a Phase A contract by the Canadian Space Agency to design a Dextre Deployable Vision System (DDVS) with the two-fold goal of providing increased inspection capability for the International Space Station (ISS) and to evolve Canada’s capability space vision expertise for future space exploration opportunities.
Read More »Canadian LIDAR Technology
Laser technology has the image of being as futuristic as space travel itself, but lasers are being used for many purposes beyond their science fiction role as a weapon. And Canadian industry is taking a leading role in developing lasers for space applications.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency and NASA Test Lunar Technologies
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has been invited by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to test technologies and concepts for lunar exploration. The joint nine-day field test takes place starting this week in a volcanic area near Hilo, Hawaii. A Canadian built rover will test procedures which may ultimately prove that water can be obtained from lunar soil.
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