As the longest serving astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency — he was selected in May 2009 — former CF-18 fighter pilot Col. Jeremy Hansen has fulfilled many duties in support of the CSA and NASA.
Read More »Top Canadian Space Stories of 2022
Canadian space delivered a lot of high-profile missions this year, from low Earth orbit all the way to the Moon and even a Lagrange Point. Despite a decline in spending, the Canadian Space Agency financed Moon and Earth observation plans – and the Canadian military opened its own Space Force.
Read More »Five Companies Receive $2M Apiece to Work on Space Modules for Health Care
Five Canadian companies will have a busy six months ahead of them as they seek to create a prototype deployable unit that may one day form the basis of space modules for health care. 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
Read More »Canadian Space Agency is Looking for Atmosphere Observing System Supporting Technologies
After the government made a significant funding announcement of $200 million for Earth Observation in mid-October, the Canadian Space Agency is now looking to industry for supporting technologies of the US led Atmosphere Observing System.
Read More »Students in Alberta, Ontario Win Opportunity to Virtually Control a Lunar Rover
The winners of the Lunar Rover Research Challenge were announced this week with four schools selected from Alberta and Ontario. The winners will now get a chance to virtually control a lunar rover.
Read More »Canadian Instrument Set to Launch on Important Earth Observation Satellite SWOT
A Canadian division of a U.S. company is playing a keystone role in a NASA-French led satellite mission. California-based Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI), which has an office in Georgetown, Ont., supplied a crucial part of the wide-swath radar instrument that will fly aboard the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite slated for launch early on Friday (Dec. 16). This page is for …
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Readies Next Five Years of AO’s in Space Science
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) recently released its roadmap of research opportunities in space science between 2022 and 2027.
Read More »With First Artemis Moon Mission Success, Artemis II Astronauts to be Named in Early 2023
With the Artemis I Orion capsule safely returning to Earth yesterday, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center said in a media briefing that the announcement of which astronauts will participate in the Artemis II mission will be in early 2023. That announcement will include a Canadian.
Read More »Canada Elects Not to Renew CETA Trade Agreement Space Related Section
The Canadian government has elected not to renew a space-related section of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU) after a 2022 report by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) said no Canadian organization reported being able to access any EU contract covered by the agreement. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, …
Read More »Canadian Space Agency to Host Platforms and Launcher Services Webinar
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is hosting a webinar on December 7 on the topic of Accessing Space: Platforms and Launcher Services.
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