Self-described space nerd Matt Gurney, a columnist with the National Post, wrote a column yesterday which shows why those people who don’t closely follow space shouldn’t write about it.

The Canadian government made a calculated bet today that a potential $600 million contribution to Telesat will help it win significant marketshare in the low Earth orbit satellite constellation global competition.

The request for proposals (RFP) from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) released July 17 has been amended with answers to potential bidders questions.

Newfoundland based C-CORE will receive $3.2 million in funding from the federal and Newfoundland governments to help the company as it builds capacity for Earth Observation data from small satellites.

This morning exactEarth Europe Limited (eEE), the UK subsidiary of Cambridge, Ontario based exactEarth Ltd announced it was awarded “an initial £370,000 grant extension from the UK Space Agency as the result of a competitive process for expanding existing projects under its ‘International Partnership Programme’ (IPP). A further £160,000 is expected to be awarded over the following two financial years to make a total grant …

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced yesterday that it had formally agreed to join the European and Chinese Solar wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission.

The advent of small satellite use by Canada’s Department of National Defence in earnest is upon us as demonstrated by the latest request for proposals (RFP) by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).

A we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission it’s important to look back at the time of the Apollo program in the 60’s and early 70’s to better understand the motivations of the Apollo program and what was happening in the world at that time.

How would like to spend a year consulting the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on how to inspire Canadian youth as part of the Junior Astronauts initiative?