Tag Archives: European Space Agency

One theme was clear at the Heads of Agencies panel discussion at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Washington, international cooperation is important as humanity expands further into space. However, one could not but sense the undercurrent that national ambitions and political tensions could cloud some future cooperative efforts.

GHGSat, a global emissions monitoring company, has signed a memorandum of intent with the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.

The Canadian Space Agency has awarded ABB Canada a $2 million contract to develop a cryogenic scanning mirror up to TRL5 for the potential SPICA mission.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced yesterday that it had formally agreed to join the European and Chinese Solar wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission.

LAVAL, QUE. – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) needs the space community to act soon as the agency decides how to participate in future European programs. Companies, educational institutions and other stakeholders have until June 28 to respond to a CSA survey sent out to the community, said Eric Martin, a program lead in technology development manager at the CSA.

President Trump has decided that NASA should send American astronauts to land on the moon within five years. It is a risky political decision that could negatively affect the American space program.

This week the European Space Agency (ESA) is holding what they say is the largest Earth observation conference to date, with over 4,000 participants attending.

Welcome back to the third and final installment of SpaceQ’s “blockchain and space” series. In this installment we look at the some of the companies looking to bring blockchain technology to space.

On March 5, the International Space Station (ISS) Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) met and affirmed their support for the U.S. led Lunar Gateway program.

Though a little clumsy in their presentation and perhaps little lacking in organizational detail, a new non-profit group headlined by space agencies and industry are starting a new moon race, one where technology development is the goal.