Tag Archives: NASA

We rarely get to hear what happens behind the scenes at a mission control, let alone how Canada participated in the Space Shuttle missions and now the International Space Station.

When NASA’s administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks of the Artemis program you can hear the passion and conviction in his voice.

One theme was clear at the Heads of Agencies panel discussion at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Washington, international cooperation is important as humanity expands further into space. However, one could not but sense the undercurrent that national ambitions and political tensions could cloud some future cooperative efforts.

At the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC) final town hall in Toronto last week Conservative MP Erin O’Toole told SpaceQ that “he anticipates” a Conservative government “would” honour Canada’s commitment to NASA’s Lunar Gateway and Artemis program.

This week we have the second episode in this years Summer Series podcast where we feature three compelling talks from other creators.

NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge is back for another year with Montreal and the Kitchener Waterloo region as the first two Canadian cities to announce their participation.

The Canadian Space Agency issued a Letter of Interest notice on Friday, July 26 for the Lunar Gateway Canadarm3.

NASA has selected Astrobotic Technology, Intuitive Machines and ORBIT Beyond as the first commercial lunar payload services contract recipients.

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine announced yesterday that Maxar Technologies had been selected to build the first element of the Lunar Gateway, the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). The win for Maxar continues a solid month of May which has seen its stock rise 57%, though it is still down significantly from where it was a year ago.

Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte was in Washington yesterday to speak at the Space Transportation Association and meet NASA officials. During his luncheon talk he stated Canada is considering accelerating its schedule in contributing to NASA’s lunar gateway.