OTTAWA – Volunteer staff from a state-of-the-art “flying eye hospital” hosted astronauts and demonstrated their operating skills at the Ottawa International Airport this weekend.
Read More »The Future of Astronaut Healthcare in Deep Space with Dr. Robert Thirsk
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) wants to be a leader in healthcare in deep space and bring that contribution to its international partners as planning evolves for a human return to the moon.
Read More »Let’s Talk AI for Health on Earth and Space
Yesterday former astronaut Dr. Dave Williams and Shagun Maheshwari of The Knowledge Society spoke with David Saint-Jacques onboard the International Space Station on AI for health on Earth and Space at the C2 Conference in Montreal.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Continues Health Research With Potential New Opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) posted an Advanced Notice yesterday for three potential Announcements of Opportunity (AO) as part of its Grants and Contributions Program in the area of health research.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Funds Health Technologies for Deep-Space Exploration
The Canadian Space Agency announced it has awarded 13 contracts to the health and biomedical communities as part of their health technologies initiative for for Deep-Space Exploration.
Read More »New Health in Space Exhibit Opens at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Health in Space: Daring to Explore is a new permanent exhibit opened last week at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum by astronaut David Saint-Jacques.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Awards Deep Space Health Technology Concept Contracts
As part of its ongoing preparations for a possible contribution to the NASA led Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded four health technology concept contracts.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency is Setting the Stage for Deep Space Medical Contributions
It doesn’t matter what the name of any particular program is that will eventually see humans once again explore beyond low earth orbit, the stage is being set now as to who will be the leaders, and Canada is trying to define its role.
Read More »Bodies in the Space Environment – Science on the International Space Station
Canadian Astronaut Bob Thirsk is a test-subject for the ground-breaking Canadian experiment BISE (Bodies in the Space Environment), which examines how humans distinguish up from down in weightlessness.
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