Technology

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded a $400K contract to Canadensys for a Sample Fetch Rover mission concept study, one element of a possible future international Mars Sample Return mission.

What do you do when you’ve been a successful managing director at CITI Bank for 20 years based in Singapore and Australia? Naturally, you quit and start a rocket company.

OTTAWA – Volunteer staff from a state-of-the-art “flying eye hospital” hosted astronauts and demonstrated their operating skills at the Ottawa International Airport this weekend.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) wants to be a leader in healthcare in deep space and bring that contribution to its international partners as planning evolves for a human return to the moon.

It took people by surprise but the SpaceX Starlink train of 60 satellites has some astronomers complaining.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded just over $15 million in funding to 25 companies for its Space Technology Development Program (STDP).

Yesterday former astronaut Dr. Dave Williams and Shagun Maheshwari of The Knowledge Society spoke with David Saint-Jacques onboard the International Space Station on AI for health on Earth and Space at the C2 Conference in Montreal.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine announced yesterday that Maxar Technologies had been selected to build the first element of the Lunar Gateway, the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). The win for Maxar continues a solid month of May which has seen its stock rise 57%, though it is still down significantly from where it was a year ago.

Yesterday Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh announced that it had been contracted by Toronto area company Canadensys to deliver payloads to the surface of the moon.

If you’re an individual or organization who has an idea for a mission, technology or instrument for the moon, now is the time to make it known. That in part, is the message the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is sending out in its latest call for ideas.