This week on the Terranauts podcast we have a very special guest, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.
Read More »Ryerson University Reverses Course and Approves Rocketry Propulsion Group Funding
The Ryerson Propulsion Group which had seen its funding partially approved, then frozen, has now seen its funding approved, after it became public.
Read More »Podcast: An Update on Launch Canada and the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge
At the recent Montreal Space Symposium SpaceQ had an opportunity to speak with the organizers of Launch Canada and the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge to get update on their respective programs.
Read More »Search for Life Beyond Earth Requires Flexibility in our Understanding
MONTREAL – As space technology improves to look for life beyond Earth, a panel of experts urged that humanity keep itself open about what we might find out there – an important point as a new generation of life-searchers (ranging from Mars 2020 to the James Webb Space Telescope) embark on their cosmic journeys in the early 2020s.
Read More »First Junior Astronaut Activities Now Available
The Canadian Space Agency Tweeted yesterday that that the first Junior Astronaut activities are available for teachers, educators, parents and youth group leaders.
Read More »SEDS Canada Outlines 2019-20 Projects and Events
The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS Canada) have released their projects and events for 2019-20.
Read More »Western University Selected by the Canadian Space Agency to Consult on Junior Astronauts Initiative
The Canadian Space Agency has selected Western University to help them guide the Junior Astronauts initiative with the program goal of engaging 80,000 youth across Canada during the current school year.
Read More »The 2019 Canadian International Rover Competition Will Have 20 Post-Secondary Teams
The not-for-profit Canadian Space Technology Advancement Group is once again organizing the Canadian International Rover Challenge (CIRC).
Read More »Canadian Engineers Helped Guide America’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Programs
When the Diefenbaker government announced the cancellation of Canada’s Avro CF-105 Arrow in February 1959, few could have predicted the effect on the American space program.
Read More »Perspectives on the Apollo Program with Historian Roger Launius
A we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission it’s important to look back at the time of the Apollo program in the 60’s and early 70’s to better understand the motivations of the Apollo program and what was happening in the world at that time.
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