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In this podcast episode I welcome back Wayne Ellis, a space and defence consultant with AppSpace Solutions of Winnipeg, and a past president of the Canadian Space Society.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) posted notice today that it plans on awarding a contract to Element AI to assess the potential role artificial intelligence (AI) could have in Canada’s space sector.

Continuing with our Summer Reading Series of articles or interviews that still have some relevance today, we present EVA Interviews –  Space Mining Entrepreneur Discussion.

It’s an exciting time if your job is to come up with ideas for future space exploration missions. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is looking for concept ideas for possible future missions, including human, to the area between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and the moon, including the lunar surface.

In episode 8 of the SpaceQ podcast our guest is Ryan Anderson the lead organizer of Satellite Canada, an organization created to compete for a piece of the governments new $950 million Innovation Superclusters Initiative.

On Friday, July 28 Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Minister Navdeep Bains met with the Space Advisory Board to discuss the results of the recent space strategy consultations.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released a Request for Information (RFI) tender aimed at companies who are interested in supporting the Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP).

Continuing with our Summer Reading Series of articles or interviews that still have some relevance today, we present Canada’s Fledging Rover Program Is Facing A Rocky Future which outlined the state of rover development in Canada in the fall of 2011. The story was written by Elizabeth Howell and originally published in Space Quarterly Magazine in December 2011. Six years later many of the same players are still …

On July 1 the Prime Minister introduced Canada’s newest astronauts, Jennifer Sidey and Joshua Kutryk. In this final episode of the Astronauts Wanted series you get to see behind the scenes the day before the announcement through to their introduction at the Canadian Space Agency headquarters where they met their new co-workers and their families.

Earlier this year Canada hosted the European Space Agency (ESA) 2017 ESA Earth Explorer science meetings. They included the Fourth Swarm Science Meeting & Geodetic Missions Workshop and the North American Cryosat Science Meeting for the Swarm and Cryosat missions which Canada is a part of.