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According to the German Aerospace Center the ROSAT satellite will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere between 2 pm EDT today and 2 pm tomorrow afternoon and there is the possibility parts of the satellite could hit somewhere in Canada.
Read More »Video Recap – This Week at NASA for the Week Ending October 21, 2011
A video recap of the top events at NASA this past week including three new flight directors at Mission Control in Houston, the latest on micro-gravity experiments aboard the ISS, Lifetime achievement awards for the Mars Rovers and more.
Read More »MDA To Provide Land-cover Changes On A Global Scale
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed a US$17 million, 12 month contract with the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide apparent changes in land-cover anywhere around the globe.
Read More »International Space Station Video Update for October 22, 2011
The The International Space Station orbit was boosted on Wednesday by approximately 3.2 kilometers in preparation for the next Soyuz Progress resupply mission.
Read More »Powering NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover
Ashwin Vasavada the Deputy Project Scientist from the NASA’s Jet Propulsions Laboratory talks about how NASA’s next Mars Rover Curiosity on how it gets it power.
Read More »New Satellite Will Provide High Broadband Internet Service to Rural Canada
ViaSat -1, North America’s first 4G broadband satellite, was successfully placed into orbit today on an ILS Proton M rocket. With a capacity in excess of 140 Gbps, the satellite has more bandwidth capability than all the current satellites over North America combined and is considered to be a ‘game-changer’ for providing broadband coverage to rural areas at reduced cost.
Read More »On-the-ground Intelligence Gives Neptec lift-off in Russia
Larisa Beach, Vice President of Ottawa based Neptec Design Group discusses how Canada’s Trade Commissioner helped Neptec get a foothold in doing business in Russia.
Read More »November Provides a Trio of Important Canadian Space Conferences
November it seems is unofficially “space” month in Canada with a trio of national conferences including the 3rd Canadian Science Policy Conference, the first Canadian Aerospace Summit and the annual Canadian Space Summit with Ottawa and Calgary hosting these three events.
Read More »Rover's Eye View of Three-Year Trek on Mars
During the three-year trek of NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, rover planners captured a horizon photograph at the end of each drive. 309 images taken during the 13-mile journey appear in this video. Video courtesy NASA JPL.
Read More »University of Western Ontario Scientists Team With NASA To Develop New Hypothesis On Crater Debris
Scientists from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario (UWO) have partnered with researchers from the NASA Lunar Science Institute to study crater ejecta – the debris that is launched out of a crater during meteor impacts. They have developed a new theory, which will help future scientists when they examine samples of crater ejecta returned from the Moon, asteroids and terrestrial planets.
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