The 2023 Stardust Festival is coming on August 26th, running through to September 1. After last year’s success, this year’s festival promises to be a significant expansion with a new location and a renewed focus on connecting Ontario’s North, indigenous communities, and aerospace-focused STEM.
Read More »Canada to Contribute to the Ariel Space Telescope Which Will Study the Atmospheres of Exoplanets
The Canadian Space Agency has announced it will contribute to the unique European Space Agency led Ariel space telescope which will examine the atmospheres of about 1000 exoplanets.
Read More »ESA Opens Call for Ideas for Space-Based Solar Power
The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking to solve some of the challenges with space-based solar power and has put out a call for ideas in which Canadian companies are eligible to participate.
Read More »Q2 2023 Investments in the Space Economy Reported at $6 Billion
Space Capital has published its Q2 2023 Space Investment Quarterly report which they say show “signs of stabilization in Q2 despite sluggish deal activity and poor exit conditions.”
Read More »Canadensys Aerospace Delivers Microscope for APL-led Lunar Vertex Mission
Canadensys Aerospace has a lot of lunar projects in the works. The company recently announced it has delivered a multi-spectral microscope to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), for the Lunar Vertex Mission. Vertex is funded under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program that is aiming to deliver payloads to the moon to support the Artemis human missions.
Read More »SWEPT Telescope Could Serve as Vital Early Warning System for Lunar Gateway
A collaboration between two University of Alberta professors may finally have led to a breakthrough: a new radiation detection device with unique capabilities that could not only help us prepare for radiation bursts in space, but save the lives of astronauts at the Lunar Gateway or on the Moon. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, …
Read More »CSA Considers Suborbital Flights on Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is considering using suborbital flights for Canadian scientists and biomedical inventors. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Telesat LEO 3 Microsatellite Launched on Rocket Lab Mission
At 7:27 PM EDT Monday evening a Rocket Lab Electron launched from the Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand taking the “Baby Come Back” mission to orbit. One of the payloads was the Telesat LEO 3 demonstration microsatellite.
Read More »House of Commons Finance Committee Accepting 2024 Pre-Budget Input
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) is once again looking for input as part of its annual pre-budget consultations.
Read More »Canada’s Space Procurement System Too Slow, Say Experts
“The way the government does procurement in this country is not relevant or fit for the task when it comes to space. It is not agile. It does not move quickly enough.” That was the blunt assessment of Canada’s space procurement policy by panellist Major General Colin Keiver, Deputy Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force during a July 13, 2023 Space Canada webinar. This …
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