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Follow Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield in this short video as he explains Soyuz training in Star City, Russia, during a simulator run with his crewmates, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian Space Agency cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.
Read More »The Science of Falling Snow
NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Deputy Project Scientist Gail Skofronick-Jackson tells us about the science of falling snow and what the GPM mission will do to study this critical component of the Earth’s water cycle.
Read More »Canada in Space – A Panel Discussion with Allan Bonner
Allan Bonner and his guest panel discuss Canada’s role in the Space Race.
Read More »NASA In Their Own Words: Chris Hadfield
A question and answer session with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield who will be the first Canadian to command the International Space Station on Expedition 35 set to launch late this year.
Read More »Canadian Armed Forces Signs On To Wideband Global Satellite Communication System
Canada has signed onto a global wideband satellite communications system that will fill the strategic satellite communications requirements of the Canadian Forces over the next 20 years.
Read More »COM DEV Releases Financial Results for 2011
COM DEV International Ltd. has released its fourth quarter and year end financial results. Revenues in 2011 were $203.2 million compared to $220.9 million in 2010 – an 8% decrease.
Read More »NASA Cold Weather Airborne Campaign to Measure Falling Snow Over Canada
NASA scientists are coming to Canada to study snowfall! Beginning Jan. 17, NASA will fly an airborne DC8 science laboratory above Canadian snowstorms to tackle a difficult challenge facing the upcoming Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission — measuring snowfall from space.
Read More »MDA Terminates Space Infrastructure Servicing Agreement with Intelsat
Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has announced that an agreement that it made with Intelsat S.A. last March to jointly develop a satellite servicing vehicle has ceased to be in effect.
Read More »Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette, Perspectives from Space
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette delivers a lecture entitled Canadian Space Agency Perspectives from Space: Research and Diplomacy at the opening weekend of the Stephen Hawking Centre at the Perimeter Institute September 18, 2011.
Read More »MDA Signs RADARSAT Deal to Provide Data to China
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed a $3 million deal with the Chinese company EarthView Image Inc. to provide data for use in areas such as land use management, environmental monitoring, and disaster response.
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