At 15-kilograms, Claire, the size of a microwave oven, zips around the planet at 7-kilometres a second. When flying above the Alberta oil sands, her sensors zero in on a tailing pond and record carbon dioxide and methane emissions. Claire is a demonstration microsatellite operated by GHGSat, the first commercial company to offer greenhouse gas monitoring services using satellite technology.
Read More »Opinion – For All Moonkind, to Preserve Outer Space Artifacts
By: Michelle Hanlon, co-founder, For All Moonkind, Inc. “Made on Earth by humans,” proudly proclaims the circuit board of the “midnight cherry” Tesla Roadster launched into space on SpaceX’s game-changing Falcon Heavy. In the glove box are, among other things, a copy of Douglas Adams’ iconic Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a towel (of course) and a tiny quartz storage disc, prepared by the Arch …
Read More »Women in Planetary Science and Exploration Conference Highlights Humanity as Well as Research
In the first annual Women in Planetary Science and Exploration conference, women and non-binary researchers presented their work that ranged from understanding the oceans of Titan to how to land a Mars Rover. Uniquely however, the conventional research presentations were interspersed with panels discussing visible minorities, the LGBTQ community, and harassment in STEM, as well as professional topics such as public outreach and career options …
Read More »Innovative Solutions Canada Opens Challenge on Using AI and Big Data Analytics to Advance Usages of Space Data
A new government initiative modeled after the Small Business Innovation Research program in the U.S. promotes innovative growth in the small businesses sector.
Read More »Canadian Life Detection System Could be Used on Future Missions to Mars, Europa or Enceladus
Canadian researchers have tested a series of miniaturized, low-cost life detection instruments in the hope that similar technology will be used to find extant life within our solar system.
Read More »Bigelow’s Expandable Activity Module Operations Extended and Could be Used at a Future Deep Space Gateway
Future space explorers are now one step closer to surviving in the harsh vacuum of outer space. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), a privately-built prototype expandable module built by American-based Bigelow Aerospace and currently attached to the International Space Station (ISS), has been renewed by NASA to at least 2020.
Read More »Women in Space are Having a Greater Impact
When Larisa Beach started in the aerospace industry more than three decades ago, she was a lone woman in a man’s world.
Read More »Innovation of Defence Excellence Needs Start-ups
If it is said that innovation of defence excellence is the Canadian Department of National Defence’s research and development goal, then it could be noted that Canadian space industry “start-ups” may possibly provide an answer to the space capability requirements that have been listed in the Department’s recent defence policy document.
Read More »Canada’s Early Deep Space Gateway Plans
In January 2018 the International Space Exploration Coordination Group will release third edition of the Global Exploration roadmap.
Read More »Canadians Part of Coveted Early Science Proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope
Canadians will be among the first to conduct observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, expected to launch in 2019.
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