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MDA announced on Friday that it was extending its the requirements definition phase of its previously announced ambitious Satellite Infrastructure Servicing (SIS) initiative by three months.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Moves Forward with Executing Next Space Plan
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will see it’s budget peak this year at an all time high of $424.6 million then drop 34% over the following two years according to estimates released yesterday in their annual Report on Plans and Priorities. At the same the agency has completed an overhaul and restructuring of their Program Activity Architecture which in effect begins the execution of the …
Read More »No Change for Space as Federal Government Releases Budget
The Federal government released the budget today and to no ones surprise it contained few changes from the budget released on March 22nd before the election. In fact for the space sector there were no changes in the slightly revised budget. What does this mean for the sector?
Read More »Incredible Images of Orbiter Endeavour and Space Station
These amazing pictures were taken from the International Space Station by a crew member and show the starry sky and Earth’s horizon along with the orbiter Endeavour on its last mission. Pictured with Endeavour is Canada’s Dextre robot which is attached the to the space station.
Read More »Canadian LIDAR to be a Part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
NASA today announced that the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx mission was the winner of NASA’s third mission in its New Frontiers Program. It was one of three finalists. Regardless of which mission was going to be selected Canada was participating in all three. Canada’s contribution will be a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system that the Canadian Space Agency will contract out to …
Read More »Christian Paradis to Become Industry Minister Responsible for Canadian Space Agency
The CBC is reporting that current Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis will take over the Industry portfolio which includes the Canadian Space Agency.
Read More »Canadian Space Summit 2011 Call for Papers
The Canadian Space Society has put out its first call for papers for the Canadian Space Summit 2011 being held in Calgary between November 16-18. This years theme is “Big Data from Space and Earth: Challenges and Opportunities“.
Read More »Endeavour's Canadarm Headed to Ottawa Museum UPDATED
According to a Canadian Press story the decision as to where the Canadarm will be located was made some time ago and that the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum was selected. Before the Canadarm can go on display though it still has one mission left with a scheduled launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour next Monday.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Opens up New Exhibit and Holds its First Tweetup
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum will host two Canadian Space Agency (CSA) events this week including the agency’s first Tweetup. On Thursday, Canadian astronauts will help inaugurate the Living in Space Exhibit while on Friday there will be a question and answer session with students and Tweetup participants.
Read More »Where do you think the Canadarm should go? [Poll]
The Canadarm is coming home but where should it go? There are many site across Canada that could display the iconic piece of Canadian space history. Our poll list sites across the country that would be great venues for the Canadarm’s home. But should it go to one place permanently? Or should it travel across the country to all these locations? What do you think?
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