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Jack Mustard of Brown University discusses emerging concepts of habitability on Mars at the 2012 Canadian Space Summit.
Read More »Harrison Schmitt Talks Commercial Moon and Mars
As a member of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, former NASA Astronaut Harrison ‘Jack’ Schmitt was the last man to step onto the Moon. This week, Schmitt descended on Western University in London, Ont. to participate in the 2012 Canadian Space Summit.
Read More »Mars Exploration Atlas Released by Western University Cartographer
Cambridge University Press has released a new book, The International Atlas of Mars Exploration – The First Five Decades: 1953 to 2003, by Western University cartographer Philip J. Stooke. It is the second exploration atlas Stooke has created having previously released the popular International Atlas of Lunar Exploration.
Read More »Mars Landing Prompts Parties Across Canada and the World
What are you doing late Sunday evening on August 5th? Well, for many people across Canada and the world they’ll be attending Mars Landing parties. Why this particular Sunday night? Well for only the 4th time in history a rover will land on Mars.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Issues 2018 Mars Rover Arm Concept Study Request
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) issued a request for proposals over the holiday period for a robotic manipulator concept study in preparation for a possible contribution to the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA ExoMars Rover scheduled to launch to Mars in 2018.
Read More »Take a Virtual Sleigh Ride Over the Real Landscapes of Mars
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab put together this great video of real landscapes on Mars with imagery from the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter accompanied by some holiday music.
Read More »Rover's Eye View of Three-Year Trek on Mars
During the three-year trek of NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, rover planners captured a horizon photograph at the end of each drive. 309 images taken during the 13-mile journey appear in this video. Video courtesy NASA JPL.
Read More »Mars Rover Opportunity's Traverse on Mars: January 2004-January 2011
In this video map, trace the path that NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has taken in her seven years on Mars.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Awards Mars Rover Contract to MDA
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) was awarded a $6 million (CAD) contract today by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop a terrestrial prototype of a science rover for Mars exploration. The Mars Exploration Science Rover (MESR) prototype is part of the CSA Exploration Surface Mobility (ESM) program.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency to Contribute to 2016 ExoMars Mission
Canadians will once again be at the forefront of the ongoing exploration of Mars as it was announced yesterday by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) that they would be contributing to ExoMars mission. Canada’s contribution will be the shared development with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the Mars Atmospheric Trace Molecule Occultation Spectrometer (MATMOS) instrument onboard the …
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