Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette delivers a lecture entitled Canadian Space Agency Perspectives from Space: Research and Diplomacy at the opening weekend of the Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute September 18, 2011.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed a $3 million deal with the Chinese company EarthView Image Inc. to provide data for use in areas such as land use management, environmental monitoring, and disaster response.

The German Space Agency knows as the DLR provides their year in review in this video. it focuses on DLR’s research fields of aeronautics, space, transportation, energy and security.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) issued a request for proposals over the holiday period for a robotic manipulator concept study in preparation for a possible contribution to the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA ExoMars Rover scheduled to launch to Mars in 2018.

Canada is targeting the moon as its next step for human exploration. While this is not a new objective more details are available after NASA hosted the Human Exploration Workshop as part of the Global Exploration Roadmap.

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This new video titled “Santa’s Little Detour” posted on the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) YouTube channel combines both holiday spirit and a marketing message, a dual message.

According to NASA they are making steady progress on building the Orion spacecraft which will take astronauts deeper into space than ever before. Presented here is the latest achievements and milestones as Orion gets ready for its first orbital test flight in 2014.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab put together this great video of real landscapes on Mars with imagery from the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter accompanied by some holiday music.