The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Science Instruments.
Read More »Canadensys Aerospace Built Imagers Set for Lunar Launch
The upcoming second launch of a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to the Moon will include imagers from Canadensys Aerospace for the International Lunar Observatory Association and Intuitive Machines. The latter was partially funded by the Canadian Space Agency through the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Preparing for Another Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program RFP
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is preparing to post another Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program request for proposals and has issued a reminder through Twitter of its letter of interest (LOI) notice which is due by August 22.
Read More »Audit of the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Provides Mostly Clean Report
An internal audit of the Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP) did not reveal any substantive issues but did provide some additional details on program spending.
Read More »2nd Canadian Lunar Workshop Announced
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has announced the 2nd Canadian Lunar Workshop. The event will be virtual and take place between May 30 and June 1, 2023.
Read More »Five Companies Receive $2M Apiece to Work on Space Modules for Health Care
Five Canadian companies will have a busy six months ahead of them as they seek to create a prototype deployable unit that may one day form the basis of space modules for health care. 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 »New Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Opportunity Upcoming
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has posted notice of an upcoming Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP) opportunity and is requesting letters of interest.
Read More »Canadensys Aerospace Wins Major Contract – Will Build the First Canadian Moon Rover
In the competition between prime contractor MDA and the much smaller and less known Bolton based Canadensys Aerospace, the underdog won.
Read More »Magellan Aerospace Continuing Quiet Development of MAPLE Lunar Penetrator
Back in 2020, the Canadian Space Agency announced a variety of contracts focused on lunar exploration as part of the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP). These contracts, the Lunar Surface Autonomous Science Payloads (LSASP), were focused on developing payloads, instruments and/or subsystems that involve "highly visible science mission enabling capabilities." This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, …
Read More »Canadensys completes grueling tests of all-metal lunar wheels
Designing, manufacturing and testing a set of lunar wheels for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) was well within the longstanding areas of expertise of Canadensys Aerospace's highly-skilled Stratford-based robotics team. But as Peter Visscher, General Manager of the Stratford Facility revealed in an interview with SpaceQ, there were still a lot of genuine surprises along the way to the successful conclusion of the project. This …
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