In researching the history of spaceflight for my podcast Terranauts I have come to realize that something fundamental has changed in the 70 or so years since we actually started building machines that could leave our planet.
Read More »Terranauts season two recap and season three preview
Season 2 of Terranauts is a wrap! In this, the 40th episode, we take a quick look back at our second season and look forward to Season 3.
Read More »Artful: Satellite images showing the beauty of Canada
The Canadian Space Agency has released 13 images that show the beauty of Canada as seen by a variety of Earth observing satellites.
Read More »The Flag Is A One – Part 2
In part 2 of the The Flag Is A One Terranauts podcast episode we continue the story of a little known moment of high drama in the Canadian space program surrounding the crucial Communications Technology Satellite mission.
Read More »Terranauts Recreates Project Mercury in the Kerbal Space Program
In this episode of A Terranaut Plays Kerbal Space Program, Terranauts host Iain Christie attempts to recreate the NASA Project Mercury Redstone mission.
Read More »The flag is a one – The Communications Technology Satellite mission
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we talk about a little known moment of high drama in the Canadian space program surrounding the crucial Communications Technology Satellite mission.
Read More »Minister François-Philippe Champagne does a Q&A with Canada’s astronauts
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Minister François-Philippe Champagne recently spent 45 minutes recently talking with Canada’s four astronauts and Canadian Space Agency president Lisa Campbell. This was followed by a questions and Answer (Q&A) session moderated by the Minister with questions from the public.
Read More »Astronaut Shane Kimbrough takes spectacular pictures of Montreal
In a Tweet this week US astronaut Shane Kimbrough onboard the International Space Station posted three spectacular images of Montreal.
Read More »The stage is set – A Terranaut plays the Kerbal Space Program
Terranauts podcast host Iain Christie is offering a new fun and educational video series called A Terranaut Plays Kerbal Space Program.
Read More »Terranauts – Punctuating The Equilibrium
There are times in the development of technology and society when things change only slowly. And then there are times when things change rapidly indeed. The 1960’s were certainly one of those times, for a lot of reasons.
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