Future space explorers are now one step closer to surviving in the harsh vacuum of outer space. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a privately-built prototype expandable module built by American-based Bigelow Aerospace and currently attached to the International Space Station (ISS), has been renewed by NASA to at least 2020.

In January 2018 the International Space Exploration Coordination Group will release third edition of the Global Exploration roadmap.

The Canadian Space Agency has announced over $1.7 million in new funding for concept studies related to scientific research that may be performed on the Artemis Program’s Lunar Gateway station. This follows a Request for Proposals in December of 2022.

A collaboration between two University of Alberta professors may finally have led to a breakthrough: a new radiation detection device with unique capabilities that could not only help us prepare for radiation bursts in space, but save the lives of astronauts at the Lunar Gateway or on the Moon. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, …

A discussion of the Artemis program, and how the Canadarm3 can help turn the Lunar Gateway into a “flying space laboratory for deep space” preceded a number of presentations. 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

Ottawa needs to make investing in lunar technology a top economic priority, so that Canadian industry can win its share of the rapidly expanding extraterrestrial market.

Last week, much of the fanfare surrounding Artemis 2 focused on Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen – and rightly so, as Hansen is a highly qualified individual well-deserving of this special mission seat. 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

As has been the case in recent years, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) did not spend the full amount of its budget on programs but did spend more than planned on internal services. The unspent funds though were the result of “procurement difficulties.” Considering the issues related to the pandemic, this was not a surprising outcome.

The first iteration of the Canadian Space Agency’s Space Brain Hack initiative for students draws upon a theme they likely know well – mental health and isolation.

Five Canadian companies will have a busy six months ahead of them as they seek to create a prototype deployable unit that may one day form the basis of space modules for health care. 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