An Arianespace Vega launch vehicle is scheduled to deliver 53 satellites to orbit this Thursday, including three Canadian satellites on the VV16 mission.
Read More »NASA publishes 40 years of lunar lander concepts
NASA has published an e-book titled After LM – NASA Lunar Lander Concepts Beyond Apollo that traces 40 years of lunar lander concepts after the Apollo program.
Read More »exactEarth earnings heading in the right direction despite COVID-19
Despite the ongoing Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, exactEarth earnings are heading in the right direction.
Read More »This Terranaut would have worked for free
His love for space was so strong that he joked that when he was interviewed to be one of the first people at a new space organization, that he was willing to work for free.
Read More »Canada’s Power Grid at risk due to Space Weather
Canada needs to invest in more Space Weather services and research to mitigate potential significant impacts to the electrical power grid according to a new economic study.
Read More »Canada in negotiations with NASA to send a rover to the Moon
In a presentation to the space community in late May, the Canadian Space Agency outlined some of its latest lunar plans, including announcing it was in negotiations with NASA to send a rover to the moon.
Read More »Interstellar Mining’s Jeff Plate on space resource utilization
With the recent announcement by NASA of the Artemis Accords and the White House Executive Order on space resource utilization, we wanted interview someone from the commercial space sector.
Read More »Former Space Station Commander Tim Kopra joins MDA
Tim Kopra, a former Army Colonel, helicopter pilot, NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander, has joined MDA as the Vice President, Robotics and Space Operations. Kopra joins MDA from Blue Bear Capital where he was a partner and advisor. According to the MDA press release, Blue Bear Capital, a private equity firm, “invests in high-growth technology companies and start-ups across the energy, infrastructure and …
Read More »With UK move GHGSat looks to further secure global presence
GHGSat has made another move to further secure its global presence, this time inking a new initiative with the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) along with announcing plans for a new UK base of operations.
Read More »SpaceX successfully launches astronauts for the first time
At 3:22 pm EDT a SpaceX rocket with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley successfully launched on a mission to test the new Crew Dragon capsule. The two astronauts will spend about 19 hours catching up the International Space Station (ISS) where they will spend at least six weeks. NASA has yet to decide on how long they’ll stay. That will in part depend on …
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