What are some of the notable happenings in Canadian space in 2018? Here’s a hint, the first notable event happens in 8 days with a rocket launch in India.

When Larisa Beach started in the aerospace industry more than three decades ago, she was a lone woman in a man’s world.

Montreal based Nüvü Camēras’s latest product just became the world’s first camera capable of seeing in extreme low light and qualified for operation in a space-like environment.

In January 2018 the International Space Exploration Coordination Group will release third edition of the Global Exploration roadmap.

In his opening statement at the Subcommittee on Space Hearing on Private Sector Lunar Exploration, Brian Babin (R-Texas), Chair of the Subcommittee said “will space be the next sector to lead economic growth?” His answer, ” I don’t know.” It’s an important question and his answer was right.

Canada has a new Chief Science Officer and it’s Dr. Mona Nemer who until taking this position was a Professor and Vice-President, Research, at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Molecular Genetics and Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory. 

The Canadian Space Agency today released a request for proposals (RFP) to study the socioeconomic impacts of space weather on Canada’s infrastructure.

Continuing with our Summer Reading Series of articles or interviews that still have some relevance today, we present the June 2012 article I wrote, In the Absence of Government Leadership Canada’s Space Sector Faces Uncertain Future from Space Quarterly Magazine. 

It’s an exciting time if your job is to come up with ideas for future space exploration missions. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is looking for concept ideas for possible future missions, including human, to the area between Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and the moon, including the lunar surface.

On June 30 XCOR laid off its remaining staff as the company faces serious financial trouble. The company that for years promised to take tourists to the edge of space and provide a platform for researchers to conduct suborbital research with its Lynx suborbital spacecraft, is now on life support. They will hire on a few people on a contract basis as they try to …