The Canadian Space Agency has awarded three contracts to universities related to last years Space Exploration Science Maturation Study and a robotic technology contract to MDA.
Read More »Former Canadian Astronaut Dr. Dave Williams on Exploring Beyond Earth Orbit
This week we’re doing something a little different and unplanned. On Friday, April 6 Western University in London, Ontario held its 4th annual Space Day.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency is Looking for a Science Advisor to the President
The Liberal government wanted to have a Chief Science Advisor. They found one in Dr. Mona Nemer. Now the Canadian Space Agency wants a Science Advisor who reports directly to president Sylvain Laporte.
Read More »Western University Part of Shortlisted Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan
The Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan is one of two mission concept finalists selected by NASA as part of their New Frontiers program. Professor Catherine Neish of Western’s Department of Earth Science and a core member of the Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration is a co-investigator, the lone Canadian on the mission.
Read More »Women in Planetary Science and Exploration Conference Highlights Humanity as Well as Research
In the first annual Women in Planetary Science and Exploration conference, women and non-binary researchers presented their work that ranged from understanding the oceans of Titan to how to land a Mars Rover. Uniquely however, the conventional research presentations were interspersed with panels discussing visible minorities, the LGBTQ community, and harassment in STEM, as well as professional topics such as public outreach and career options …
Read More »It Takes Two Crazy Things to Create Twisted Repeating Fast Radio Bursts
The only known repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) have only become more interesting by giving astronomers more clues about their home.
Read More »‘Oumuamua May Have Opened the Door for Other Interstellar Visitors
One of the biggest astronomy discoveries of 2017 was the first detection of an interstellar object visiting our Solar System by Canadian Dr. Robert Weryk.
Read More »Astronaut David Saint-Jacques to Perform New Health Experiments on the International Space Station
David Saint-Jacques, Canada’s next astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), will perform a variety of science experiments during his six month stay including two new health experiments announced today.
Read More »Interviewed: Dr. Michael Daly on Canada’s Participation in the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
In this weeks SpaceQ podcast I spoke with Dr. Michael Daly, Associate Professor at York University about the international, though NASA led, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission, or as it’s commonly called, OSIRIS-REx.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency is Looking for Ideas for Secondary Planetary Science Payloads
The Canadian Space Agency issued a request for proposals (RFP) this morning looking for concepts for secondary science payloads for future missions*.
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