The Space Tourism Society has put together a special event for World Space Week taht includes talk from three prominent Canadian space experts.
Read More »Canadian Space Pioneer Dr. Philip Lapp Passes Away
Dr. Philip Lapp one of Canada’s earliest and influential space pioneers has passed away at the age of 85 after a long illness.
Read More »After Years in Storage CASSIOPE Satellite Set for Launch (Updated)
I bet you didn’t know that if you drove onto the West Island of Montreal via the Trans-Canada Highway, that in a nondescript building at MDA’s Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue office, on the north side of the highway, was a $140 million satellite securely stored and awaiting its mission the last few years.
Read More »A New Study Links Prehistoric Climate Shift with Cosmic Impact in Quebec
For the first time, a dramatic climate shift that has long fascinated scientists has been linked to the impact in Quebec of an asteroid or comet, Dartmouth researchers and their colleagues report in a new study funded by the National Science Foundation.
Read More »NASA Image: Wildfires in Central Canada
Wildfires continue to be a problem in Canada. Currently in the central region, including the Northern Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, numerous fires were spotted by the Aqua satellite on this image captured on August 12, 2013.
Read More »CSA Releases Satellite Image of Lac-Mégantic Disaster Area
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has releases a high-resolution image of the Lac-Mégantic train wreck that was obtained from CNES, the French space agency. The image taken on July 13th is from the Pléiades satellite.
Read More »SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch RADARSAT Constellation Mission in 2018
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has contracted SpaceX to launch Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), which consists of three satellites, on a Falcon 9 rocket sometime in 2018.
Read More »Western Offers Technologies and Techniques for Earth and Space Exploration Short Course
Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration will once again be offering its annual short course late this summer from September 2 to the 8th with this years theme being “Technologies and Techniques for Earth and Space Exploration”.
Read More »CSA: Prepping of a Balloon Launch
This video provided by the Canadian Space Agency demonstrates the different steps involved in the preparation of a stratospheric balloon launch. The images were filmed at the Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base, in Ontario, Canada.
Read More »Jeremy Hansen Sets out for Geology Field Training on Devon Island
CSA Astronaut Jeremy Hansen explains why astronauts perform geology field training in remote areas and describes his upcoming expedition to Devon Island. Hansen will be in this High Arctic region July 16-25, 2013, accompanying Western University’s Dr. Osinski and his team from the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration as they study an impact crater.
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