Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration will once again be offering its annual short course late this summer from September 2 to the 8th with this years theme being “Technologies and Techniques for Earth and Space Exploration”.
Read More »The International Space Apps Challenge was an overwhelming success as over 9000 participants in 83 cities spent a weekend creating 770 applications. In the Best Use of Data category the Canadian entry from Toronto, Aurora Localization, received an Honorable Mention.
Read More »A new book encourages young people to build wooden toys and in the process, learn simple scientific principles.
Read More »The second offering of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) is well underway. Teams from across the country met recently to participate in workshop and mission concept presentations.
Read More »An immersive, interactive exhibit featuring many aspects of our past, present and future exploration of the solar system and beyond is being featured at the Ontario Science Centre.
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The winner of Canada’s first Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) is the University of Concordia in Montreal, Quebec.
Read More »A special gala evening is planned for later this month to mark a significant Canadian space historical event and the culmination of a major space contest. The “Canada On Orbit” gala dinner will mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Alouette 1, Canada’s first satellite, launched September 29, 1962. At the gala, the winner of the 2012 Canadian Satellite Design Challenge will be announced.
Read More »This coming weekend Kitchener-Waterloo will host the Southern Ontario Science and Space Research and Technology Festival at the Kitchener City Hall and other local venues. The three day festival starting this Friday includes public screenings of popular science fiction movies, a full afternoon of talks from researcher and engineers on Sunday and a live interactive webcast with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hanson.
Read More »Get a first look at the Canadian Space Agency’s learning resource being developed for Expedition 34/35. Discover how a 3-D avatar of astronaut Chris Hadfield will teach students about biological life support in a zero-g environment and how attitude control systems are essential for the International Space Station. Coming in Fall 2012. Courtesy the Canadian Space Agency.
Read More »Two 17 year old Toronto area high school students launched a Lego man 24 km into the mid stratosphere – and they have pictures and video to prove it.
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