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Canada’s two newest astronauts, Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques, have now completed their two year basic training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques during basic spacewalking skills training in the Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Lab pool on July 6, 2011. (Credit NASA)
Read More »Jeremy Hansen Astronaut Training Part 2
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen during basic spacewalking skills training in the Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Lab pool on. April 22, 2011. (Credit NASA)
Read More »Jeremy Hansen Astronaut Training Part 1
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen during basic spacewalking skills training in the Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Lab pool on. April 22, 2011. (Credit NASA)
Read More »Dextre the Handyman Robot Gets a Servicing Call
Canada’s robotic handyman on the International Space Station, Dextre, performed his first repair task on August 28th and 29th. A faulty circuit breaker was in need of being swapped out.
Read More »The CSA: Inventing Tomorrow's Technology
A look at five areas of space exploration where Canadian ingenuity has come to the forefront – Robotics, Rovers, Drilling, Vision Systems and Electric Power – to pave the way for benefits here and now on Earth as well as in the future. (Source: Canadian Space Agency)
Read More »Canadian Space Agency to Host 9th Edition of Educators Conference
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is holding its annual Educators Space Conference this week for 150 educators from across Canada in what has become a very popular event as evidenced by a waiting list of educators wanting to attend.
Read More »Canadarm2 Installs Robotic Refueling Mission Hardware
The crew of Atlantis (STS-135) uses Canadarm2 to install the hardware for Dextre’s Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM). (Credit: NASA/CSA).
Read More »CSA Extends Deadline for Exploration Core Concept Studies
The Canadian Space Agency has extended the deadline for the the Exploration Core Concept Studies from August 10th to August 23rd.
Read More »Benefits of James Webb Space Telescope Could be Lost for Canadian Scientists
On July 6th The US House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill which includes NASA funding. Under the Science budget line item was the note “The bill terminates funding for the James Webb Space Telescope, which is billions of dollars over budget and plagued by poor management.” If the James Webb Space Telescope funding were to be terminated it …
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