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Jeremy Hansen’s patience has paid off. After nearly 14 years as a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut accumulating skills including managing teams like the 2017 astronaut class’ trainers, he will be aboard the Artemis 2 mission that is returning humans to the Moon’s area in November 2024 or so.

Artemis 2 will be the big news for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in the coming weeks, along with the suite of Moon announcements released in this week's budget. That's all very important, but here we will focus on not only that, but other matters in the CSA's 2023-24 Departmental Plan (DP) to talk about other important agency programs and matters, to provide context on …

Telesat has once again pushed back the completion of financing for its Lightspeed constellation as it seeks to pivot the group of satellites in a fast-changing environment. 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

Vancouver-based space software and analytics company EarthDaily Analytics has been awarded a contract from the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) Space Technology Development Program(STDP) of up to $750,000 in order to create data analytics tools. 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

The federal government released its 2023 budget today that earmarks additional funding for its Moon program as well funding its commitment to the International Space Station. The Canadian Space Agency budget for its 2023-24 fiscal year starting April 1 has grown to $537.4 million due in part to the additional funds.

Space Canada, a prominent voice of this country’s space industry, wanted two things from the federal budget: A National Space Council and more federal investment in the industry. They got some new investment but no National Space Council.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded Calian Advanced Technologies (Calian) a contract worth up to $750,000 for analyzing satellite telemetry for the early detection of anomalies and/or possible failures. 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

As has been the case in recent years, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) did not spend the full amount of its budget on programs but did spend more than planned on internal services. The unspent funds though were the result of “procurement difficulties.” Considering the issues related to the pandemic, this was not a surprising outcome.

Days before the historic announcement April 3 by the Canadian Space Agency concerning the astronaut who will fly around the Moon in 2024 or so, MDA announced its full-year results yesterday (March 23) for 2022 showing strong financials in part due to Canadarm3.

In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we move into 1966, NASA is growing and the world is changing.