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.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency is Looking for a Junior Astronauts Initiative Consultant
How would like to spend a year consulting the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on how to inspire Canadian youth as part of the Junior Astronauts initiative?
Read More »Pioneering Ryerson Rocketry Students in Conflict With Engineering School Administration
This past school semester, Ryerson University engineering students found themselves battling school administration in an attempt to build their own rocket engine.
Read More »The Canadian Story of the Apollo Lunar Module Landing Legs
In the early 1960s, a Canadian company suddenly found itself at the forefront of the American effort to put United States astronauts on the moon. On the back of a contract worth the equivalent of $2 million today, Héroux (today’s Héroux-Devtek) beat out several competing American contractors to manufacture the lunar module’s landing legs.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques is Enthusiastically Welcomed Home
When astronaut David Saint-Jacques arrived at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters for the first time following his six month mission aboard the International Space Station, he received an enthusiastic welcome.
Read More »A Commercial Lunar Exploration Panel Discussion
Humanity is heading back to the moon, this time not just for the pursuit of scientific knowledge, but also to exploit the commercial possibilities.
Read More »A BRITE Constellation Update
At the recent Royal Astronomical Society of Canada General Assembly Professor Gregg Wade provided an update on the BRITE Constellation mission.
Read More »DRDC Provides Summary of Feedback for 2019 Innovation Calls for Proposals
The Defence Research and Development Canada has released the accumulated community feedback from the Innovation Call For Proposals 2019 Request for Information (RFI) ahead of the upcoming call for proposals.
Read More »The CSA Announces Opportunity for Human Analog Studies
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) today announced a new opportunity for human analog studies related to deep space exploration.
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