Education

The winners of the Lunar Rover Research Challenge were announced this week with four schools selected from Alberta and Ontario. The winners will now get a chance to virtually control a lunar rover.

Seven Canadian university teams are at CSA headquarters this week readying their CubeSats for a launch in March.

In 2016 the Canadian Space Agency began the process of what would become the Canadian CubeSat Project. Now six years later and after several delays, most induced by the the pandemic, the first two student satellites from this project are scheduled to launch Saturday, Nov. 26.

The Canadian Space Agency recently issued an announcement of opportunity (AO) aimed at youth that will offer grants to a maximum of $50k per project for space STEM initiatives.

On October 1-2, this Saturday and Sunday, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will once again be participating in NASA’s Space Apps Challenge, giving students the chance to contribute to solutions for real world space problems.

Building on the ongoing Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is launching a new follow-on program, the CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM (CUBICS).

The Space Concordia Robotics teams has qualified for the upcoming on-site European Rover Challenge, one of 19 teams of 64 to do so.

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced its 2023 Major Science Initiatives Fund decisions, allocating $628 million to 14 institutions and 19 projects.

The badlands of Drumheller, Alberta will once again be the location of Canadian International Rover Competition between August 12-15.

Groundbreaking firsts rarely go off without some surprises, especially in the space sector. One example was Launch Canada’s very first Launch Canada Challenge.