Fifty years ago on the Apollo 8 mission NASA astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders celebrated the first holiday season in space while entering orbit around the moon on Christmas Eve.

Less than a month ago NASA announced that nine companies had been selected as “couriers” for future payloads to the surface of the moon. The combined maximum contract value is $2.6 billion over the next 10 years. The Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is brilliant and here’s why.

The recent Canadian Science Policy Conference was an opportunity for those unfamiliar with the current state of Canada’s space policy to learn more.

David Saint-Jacques is in his third week aboard the International Station Station (ISS) and later today it will become a lot quieter with the departure of half of the crew.

A House of Commons e-petition in support of Canada’s space sector has gained enough signatures that the government will have to respond to it.

The Department of National Defence (DND) has awarded $6.7M in contracts to eight companies for the All Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) S&T Program.

The space investment community is paying attention to Toronto’s Creative Destruction Labs (CDL) space stream which just completed its second session last week.

The first results are in from the OSIRIS-REx mission and they couldn’t please researchers more. Asteroid Bennu is everything they had hoped it would be based on the data obtained so far. It also has provided a few surprises.

The federal government Finance Committee has released its 2019 Pre-Budget report and it recommends that the government "commit to significant, ongoing investments to advance Canada’s space program and contribute to 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

It was clear from David Saint-Jacques first interview in space that he’s thoroughly enjoying himself. His grin, accentuated by the effects of weightlessness, was ear to ear.