NASA Public Affairs Officer Dan Huot talks with Alex Janas, robotics operator from the Goddard Space Flight Center, about the Robotic Refueling Mission aboard the International Space Station.
Read More »Making the Case for Human Missions to Asteroids
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Read More »Aerospace Review Executive Director to Speak at Canadian Space Commerce Association Meeting
Scott Streiner who was recently announced as the Executive Director of the Review of Aerospace and Space Programs and Policies or Aerospace Review, as its being called, will speak this Thursday in Toronto at the bimonthly meeting of the Canadian Space Commerce Association (CSCA).
Read More »Sapphire – Canada's First Military Satellite
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Read More »MDA Signs Amendment for Space Station Work Through March 2013
On the heels that Canada has officially signaled its intent to use the International Space Station (ISS) through 2020, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has announced a contract amendment with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Read More »Next Issue of Space Quarterly Magazine Released
The latest edition of Space Quarterly magazine was released on March 1. This issue is our biggest effort to date with 17 articles covering a wide range of topics including a focus on military space.
Read More »ScienceCasts: Auroras Underfoot
Lately, the International Space Station has been flying through geomagnetic storms, giving astronauts an close-up view of the aurora borealis just outside their windows. Courtesy NASA.
Read More »Earth from Space: Historical View of West Africa
Earth from Space is presented by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels from the ESA Web-TV virtual studios. In the thirteenth edition we look at an image of West Africa’s coast along the Atlantic Ocean, pictured in the first image from Envisat’s MERIS instrument nearly a decade ago.
Read More »Canada Commits to the International Space Station Beyond 2015
The government announced today that Canada intends to renew its commitment to the International Space Station(ISS) beyond 2015. Minister of Industry Christian Paradis made the announcement in Quebec City where the ISS Heads of Agency meeting is currently taking place. The news was expected but it took some time for Canada to commit, making it the last of the other participating nations to do so.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Budget Estimates Before Budget Cuts Released
According to Treasury Board of Canada Main Estimates for 2012-13 released yesterday the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is estimated to see its budget reduced from $424.6 million from 2011-12 to $363.2 million representing a 16.9% decrease in its budget. The CSA budget was already scheduled to be reduced to $371.1 million, a decrease of 14.4% according to the CSA Report on Plans and Priorities 2011-12 …
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