LAVAL, QUE. – At least two new opportunities are forthcoming under the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) Space Technology Development Program (STDP) for companies interested in contributing to the future of space missions, a senior space agency official said Tuesday (June 18).
Read More »Natural Resources Canada Expects RCM Launch Will Kick Off More Demand for Canadian Satellite Images
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) expects a flood of interest for satellite data in the wake of the RADARSAT Constellation (RCM) launch, which flew into space successfully Wednesday (June 12) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that has been to space before.
Read More »Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Hosts Canadian Astronauts Bridging Space and Earth Medicine
OTTAWA – Volunteer staff from a state-of-the-art “flying eye hospital” hosted astronauts and demonstrated their operating skills at the Ottawa International Airport this weekend.
Read More »Canadian High School Students First Ever to Participate in European Sounding-Rocket Competition
A Canadian high school team will be the first ever to fly a payload in a European sounding-rocket student competition.
Read More »Greener Rocket Fuels Are Coming and Could Reduce the Cost to Send Payloads to Orbit
While SpaceX, Blue Origin and other rocket providers target reusability, there’s a part of rockets that hasn’t changed very much in recent decades – the fuel.
Read More »How a Convair 580 Airplane Led to the RADARSAT Constellation Mission
Sitting in a side hangar of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum (CASM) is a special preservation project: an airplane that is the direct ancestor of the forthcoming RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) that will launch in the coming months, upgrading RADARSAT-2’s capability with a trio of satellites.
Read More »Small Satellite Technology Being Developed at Ottawa Incubator ‘Greenhouse’
Honeywell Aerospace recently opened a local incubator, dubbed the “Greenhouse”, to reduce the cost and time to create technologies for small satellites, the company said Tuesday (Feb. 26) at an announcement at an office on Elgin Street.
Read More »Astronaut Saint-Jacques Photography Collaboration Highlights Features on Earth
In space, David Saint-Jacques is very used to dealing with roommates in the cramped quarters of the International Space Station. Things are roomier than usual at the moment – there are three people up there instead of the usual six – but still, that was the image he evoked when talking about the importance of protecting species on Earth.
Read More »Successful SpaceX Launch of Iridium-8 Has Implications for Every Canadian
SpaceX’s first launch of the year, the Iridium-8 mission, has big implications for air traffic worldwide – including in Canada.
Read More »A Busy Few Days for Saint-Jacques After Arriving on Station
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN – With David Saint-Jacques now in house at the International Space Station, there will be little time to get acclimated before the next cargo ship arrives — if it comes on time.
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