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CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield announced his impending retirement during his first visit to CSA headquarters since his return from five-months aboard the International Space Station.
Read More »Space Concordia Cubesat Could Fly via ESA Program
For the Space Concordia team which won the inaugural Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) last fall the cooperative agreement between Canada and the European Space Agency (ESA) could pave the way to have their CubeSat flown.
Read More »Chris Hadfield to Leave the Canadian Space Agency
During an event at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters today celebrating Chris Hadfield’s remarkable 5 month trip aboard the International Space Station Hadfield announced he was the leaving the Canadian Space Agency effective July 3rd to pursue other professional challenges.
Read More »Webcast: Canada Welcomes Home Astronaut Chris Hadfield
Chris Alexander, Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield will meet with media to discuss Hadfield’s five-month mission.
Read More »Fires in Northern Saskatchewan
NASA’s Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS, instrument on June 05, 2013. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS’s thermal bands, are outlined in red. All three fires noted here are more than 100 hectares in size (>247 acres).
Read More »Lunar X Prize Entrant Moon Express to Carry Telescope
Clear, dark skies, a simple telescope, and a solid support for your telescope are all you need to discover the universe. The surface of the Moon would be an excellent place to set up camp and stargaze. Too bad the Moon has been so unreachable by private citizens, at least, until now.
Read More »Toronto Team Receives Honorable Mention at the International Space Apps Challenge
The International Space Apps Challenge was an overwhelming success as over 9000 participants in 83 cities spent a weekend creating 770 applications. In the Best Use of Data category the Canadian entry from Toronto, Aurora Localization, received an Honorable Mention.
Read More »Chris Hadfield's Post-landing Interview with NASA
During a sit down interview with NASA’s Public Affairs Manager Rob Navias, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield reflects on the success and circumstances of his five-month long-duration mission.
Read More »AIAC Releases Buzz Building Video for 2013 Aerospace Summit
The AIAC 2013 Canadian Aerospace Summit is being held in Ottawa once again this year on October 16 and 17 at the Ottawa Convention Centre. This is the third year for the Summit which brings together some 600 people.
Read More »First Post Landing News Conference with Chris Hadfield
Today Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield answered questions from the media in his first news conference since returning to Earth after his five month long stay aboard the International Space Station.
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