On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced mission assignments for astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Jenni Gibbons. Here’s what wasn’t said.
Read More »SpaceX CRS-29 Cargo Resupply Mission Includes Canadian Science Equipment
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch tonight at 8:28 pm eastern on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Included is a batch of Canadian science equipment along with new some new research experiments including NASA’s ILLUMA-T laser communication demonstration.
Read More »White Blood Cells are Affected by Spaceflight
International Space Station astronauts show temporary effects in their white blood cells during long-duration missions, but more study is required to understand the extent. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Terranauts Episode 75
Today’s episode is dedicated to all of those Terranauts who work in the back hallways and committee meeting rooms to make sure that there is support (and funding) for the various programs that get humans and their inventions a chance to get off the planet. I have worked with too many of these dedicated and talented individuals to mention them here by name.
Read More »Hanging By A Thread – Saving the Canadian Space Program
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we pause our ongoing history of NASA’s early spaceflight program and for the next two episodes focus on an important but largely unknown Canadian historical event, one that could have devastated the space program.
Read More »Jeremy Hansen: Canada Preparing for the Artemis II Mission
As the longest serving astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency — he was selected in May 2009 — former CF-18 fighter pilot Col. Jeremy Hansen has fulfilled many duties in support of the CSA and NASA.
Read More »How a Concordia Alumnus’ Fertilizer Quality Matters on the ISS
Ed Rosenthal recently highlighted how his Canadian research is informing NASA plant-growing on the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More »Canadarm3 technology to be included on Axiom commercial space station
MDA has completed the first sale of Canadarm3 technology which will be used on the Axiom Space commercial space station.
Read More »Government moves forward with legislation for the Lunar Gateway Agreement
On Tuesday, April 26 the government tabled a "Notice of Ways and Means Motion" that would implement draft legislation included in this years budget. This includes the new Civil Lunar Gateway Agreement Implementation Act. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »What Axiom’s first mission means for future astronauts
The crew of the first fully commercial human mission to the International Space Station is "chomping at the bit" for the debut mission of Axiom Space, its co-founder reported. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
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