Today SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon Heavy on its first launch attempt, an event which could arguably be called historic. Not just for the successful launch, but also because of the successful landing of the two side boosters.
Read More »The SpaceX Falcon Heavy Podcast
My guest this week on the SpaceQ podcast is Chris Gebhardt, Assistant Managing Editor of NASASpaceflight.com. Chris and I talked about SpaceX, specifically the upcoming maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Read More »New Global Exploration Roadmap Recognizes the Moon as an Important Step and Increasing Private Sector Role
The International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) has released the third iteration of its Global Exploration Roadmap with some important changes including the moon as an important step and the increased role of the private sector.
Read More »SkyWatch Raises $4 Million in Seed Round for Earth Observation Platform
SkyWatch today announced that it had raised $4 million in its seed round of funding to continue development of its Earth Observation platform EarthCache.
Read More »Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence
The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies is celebrating 20 years of excellence in the nanosatellite and microsatellite market.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Outlines How Working With MDA They Fixed the Canadarm2 Communication Problem
When the Canadarm2 was built engineers made sure that it could get software updates even though it designed almost 20 years ago using what we would now consider outdated hardware.
Read More »The CSA Awards $600K+ Contracts for ROI Study on Deep Space Telecommunications Technologies and UV/Optical Wide Field Space Astronomy Study
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) late last week issued two contracts totalling over $600K for two studies. The contracts were awarded to Euroconsult and COM DEV (Honeywell Canada).
Read More »Monday Spacewalk Postponed as CSA Finds Software Solution to Canadarm2 LEE Communication Problem
A spacewalk which was scheduled for early tomorrow morning has been postponed after the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) said in a post on Facebook that it had found a solution to the problem.
Read More »Space Station Managers Decide to Replace Newly Installed Canadarm2 Latching End Effector
The communication problem first experienced when astronauts replaced an ageing Latching End Effector (LEE) on the Canadarm2 last Tuesday seemed solved after it was installed a second time. That apparently is not the case, and mission managers have decided to remove the newly installed LEE and replace it with the one it just replaced.
Read More »The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Receives CSA Grant
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is demonstrating that even as it’s about to name the teams in its own Canadian CubeSat Project, that it’s willing to provide funding to other CubeSat initiatives, in this case the Canadian Space Design Challenge (CSDC).
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