In April the Trump administration surprised everyone by announcing that it was directing NASA to land American astronauts on the moon within five years.
Read More »Canada Takes Another Step Towards Sending a Rover to the Moon
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) awarded another four contracts valued at $700,000 under the Flights and Fieldwork for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) program, this time for research related to a possible future moon rover.
Read More »The Moon Race is On
Today’s podcast is all about the moon. I’ll first share some of my thoughts on recent developments with respect to the exploration of the moon by the global space community. Then we have an interview with Pierre-Alexis Joumel, a co-founder of the Moon Race.
Read More »International Space Station Partners Look Ahead to the Lunar Gateway
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.
Read More »New Canadian Space Strategy Released
Today Minister Bains unveiled the new Canadian space strategy titled Exploration, Imagination, Innovation – A New Space Strategy for Canada.
Read More »New Canadian Space Strategy to Include Review of Space Related Regulatory Frameworks
Sources tell SpaceQ that the new Canadian Space Strategy to be released later today will include a review of space related regulatory frameworks.
Read More »Canada is Going to the Moon
Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed what many had hoped for by committing Canada to participate in the NASA led effort to return to the moon. Canada will contribute a smart robotic system to the NASA's Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) program. The smart robotic system includes a next-generation robotic arm, which is already being called the Canadarm3, other unnamed equipment, and specialized tools to be …
Read More »Israel Set to Make History with Moon Mission, it Could Have Been Canada
On Thursday evening a SpaceX rocket is set to launch an Indonesian communications satellite. Piggybacking on the ride as a secondary payload is Israel’s lunar lander Beresheet.
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 »Deep Space Exploration Robotics on a Cislunar Habitat
It seems NASA and other nations are focused on the exploration of the moon by robotics and eventually humans again. Canada, should the government choose to participate, can have a critical role.
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