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CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield pilots a T-38 – a supersonic jet trainer – flying from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Houston, Texas. The T-38 is NASA’s primary aircraft for astronaut training. Hadfield is training for his third space mission scheduled for December of 2012. He will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station.
Read More »This Week in Space for Canada
While Com Dev International slowly builds its government satellite business, the James Webb Space Telescope gains the reputation of being a “a giant money sponge.” Meanwhile, our own CBC Mother Corp prefers to ignore real space in favour of suborbital stories from long dormant “coulda been” contenders. Brother can you spare a dime to grow my ratings, this week in space for Canada.
Read More »Canadian Space Summit Takes Shape
The Canadian Space Summit is being held in Ottawa between November 19th through the 20th. It is an annual gathering of industry, academia, government, non-profit organizations, students and enthusiasts. This year’s theme is “2010: A Canadian Space Odyssey”. With over 35 speakers, an exhibit area and a free Friday night public discussion titled “Meet Canada’s Space Industry” hosted by the CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe, it’s sure …
Read More »Next Canadian Space Commerce Association Meeting Speaker – Dr. Andrew Goldenberg of ESI
The next Canadian Space Commerce Association (CSCA) meeting is Thursday, November 11th from 7:30 – 9:00pm at the law office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, 199 Bay Street, Suite 2800, Commerce Court West, Toronto, ON M5L 1A9.
Read More »Space Shuttle Discovery Set to Launch with Canadian Research
Kennedy Space Center – NASA mission managers will meet today at 2:30 pm EDT to decide whether to proceed with a launch attempt tomorrow of the space shuttle Discovery. The mission is a key one for the International Space Station and for Canada it’s an opportunity to conduct research and bring back experiments from the International Space Station.
Read More »Engineering Services Inc. Receives $3 Million Contract for Prototype Robotic Arms
The Canadian Space Agency today awarded Engineering Services Inc. (ESI) of Toronto a $3 million contract to develop prototype robotic arms, control stations and exploration tools that will be integrated into prototype lunar or martian rovers. The contract also includes an option for second arm worth $500,000.
Read More »The Space Shuttle Retirement and the Avro Analogy
Last Thursday NASA held a series of media briefings for the upcoming launch on November 1st of the Space Shuttle Discovery, its 39th and final flight. After this launch there is only one scheduled launch left, tentatively set for late February. There may be an additional flight in June or next fall but not all of the funding has been appropriated. As the Shuttle program …
Read More »An Overview of the Canadian Space Agency Exploration Core Program
At the recent 61st International Astronautical Congress in Prague, Jean-Claude Piedboeuf, Head of Exploration Planning at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), provided an overview of Canada’s preparatory exploration activities. While Canada has been involved in exploration activities for 25 years with its contributions in robotics, science and astronaut core, it wasn’t until 2007 that the CSA created the Exploration Core Program to unify the activities …
Read More »4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions & Technologies
On 18-20 May 2011, the 4th International Conference on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions & Technologies (SFFMT) will be held in the John H. Chapman Space Center of the Canadian Space Agency in St-Hubert Qubec.
Read More »Our Cosmic Journey – The Importance of Mineral Exploration, Discovery and Development
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Meeting: 7:30 pm, October 14th, H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver Title of Talk: “Our Cosmic Journey – The Importance of Mineral Exploration, Discovery and Development”
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