Twelve companies will receive contracts totalling just under $6.7 million to deliver Earth Observation (EO) products designed to benefit Canadians. The data will be supplied by Canadian Space Agency supported Earth Observation missions including RADARSAT-2.
Read More »MDA to Begin Building LIDAR for OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission
Today at press conference at the Royal Ontario Museum Treasury Board President Tony Clement announced that MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) will begin building the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) for the 2016 mission.
Read More »Would a Liberal Government Reform the Canadian Space Program?
Parliament has adjourned for the summer and members of parliament (MP) are back in their ridings doing the summer BBQ circuit. But when they get back in the fall they’ll be in full election mode. So this seems an appropriate time as any to look ahead and gaze into my crystal ball and see what would happen if the Liberal’s were elected.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency and McGill University to host the 12th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space
From June 17 to 19, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and McGill University will host the 12th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS 2014). The symposium will gather professionals from five space agencies worldwide who will share their latest research in the field of robotics.
Read More »Canada from Space Educational Giant Floor Map Unveiled
A new “Canada from Space” map for educators is now available from a collaboration between the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), the Canadian Space Agency and Canada’s Aviation and Space Museum (CASM).
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Astronaut David Saint-Jacques in Montreal
On June 12 and 13, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut David Saint-Jacques will be in Montreal to meet with students, professionals and Montrealers. He will speak about his journey, what it takes to become an astronaut and will touch on life in space.
Read More »Canada’s Dextre Becomes the First Robot to Repair Itself in Space
Over the next 7 days, Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) robotic handyman aboard the International Space Station (ISS), will perform the first robotic self-repair in space.
Read More »Canada's Dextre installs OPALS on the International Space Station
This computer-generated animation shows Dextre, the Canadian robotic handyman on board the International Space Station (ISS), retrieving OPALS (short for Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science) from inside the trunk of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship, and installing it on the exterior of the ISS.
Read More »Canada’s Challenge: Launching Our Own Satellites
Last week COM DEV announced that Canada’s earth observation Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat) launch was being postponed at the insistence of the Government of Canada, a by-product of political tensions in the Ukraine with Russian as the instigator. This is a situation that need not have happened if Canada had a progressive space policy in place.
Read More »CSA Releases Canada’s Space Policy Framework Promotional Video
What is Canada’s Future in Space? This promotional video provides remarks by Industry Minister James Moore and highlights of Canada’s past accomplishments as Canada’s new Space Policy Framework is outlined. Canada’s new Space Policy Framework was released on February 7, 2014 at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa.
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