This week on the SpaceQ podcast we did something a little different. Instead of interviewing a guest we decided to playback a speech we recorded from the recent Canadian Space Summit by Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte.
Read More »Canadian QEYSSat Quantum Satellite Program Gets Next Round of Funding
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded $1.85M contract to the University of Waterloo for the Quantum Encryption and Science Satellite (QEYSSat) mission.
Read More »Minister Bains Highlights Robotic and Lunar Technology Contributions to Canada’s Space Program
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, made a stop today at MDA’s Brampton robotic facility to highlight some of the governments contributions to the space program over the last few months.
Read More »The CSA, NSERC Team up With the Little Inventors on Educational Initiative
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have partnered with Little Inventors to challenge and engage children “to come up with invention solutions to help astronauts with their lives up in orbit.”
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 »Canada’s Early Deep Space Gateway Plans
In January 2018 the International Space Exploration Coordination Group will release third edition of the Global Exploration roadmap.
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*.
Read More »Canadians Part of Coveted Early Science Proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope
Canadians will be among the first to conduct observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, expected to launch in 2019.
Read More »Canada and Ukraine Sign Space Agreement to Cooperate on Space Activities
Canada and the Ukraine signed a memorandum of understanding* for cooperation in space this past week in Montreal.
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