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A Conversation with Rocket Lab’s Chief Engineer of Space Systems, Grant Bonin
Grant Bonin is a driven space systems engineer, so much so he doesn’t mind the commute between California and New Zealand, which he does at least once a month.
Read More »Concordia University and UBC Have Strong Showing at BASE 11 Rocket Challenge Phase 1
As rocketry teams from across Canada prepare for next weeks 2019 Spaceport America Cup, another competition, the BASE 11 Space Challenge has just wrapped up its Phase 1 Preliminary Design Review (PDR) which saw impressive results by Concordia University and the University of British Columbia rocketry teams.
Read More »Launch Canada Challenge Moves Forward
The Launch Canada Challenge, the brainchild of rocket engineer Adam Trumpour, is moving forward with plans for a full scale challenge next year.
Read More »HeroX helps bring Base 11 $1 million student rocket challenge to Canada
The Base 11 Space Challenge, with a US$1 million launch prize, is not your typical challenge competition, it’s much more.
Read More »Exclusive: Maritime Launch Services Selects Nova Scotia Site for Spaceport Over 13 Other Locations
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) will announce today that it has selected a site in the Guysborough Municipality near Canso and Hazel Hill, Nova Scotia over 13 other prospective locations for its new commercial launch complex, or spaceport, and expects to break ground on construction within a year.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services to Decide on Nova Scotia Spaceport in March
It seems every couple of years another group comes along claiming they’ll setup a spaceport in Canada with Nova Scotia being the preferred location. The latest is Maritime Launch Services (MLS), a newly registered company in Nova Scotia with roots in the U.S and the Ukraine. What sets it apart from recent previous efforts is the experienced principals involved.
Read More »Op-Ed – A Need for Canadian Space Access
Since the beginning, man has yearned to venture into the cosmos, which is a difficult achievement without access to space. Such is the attitude and position of Canada within the global space industry.
Read More »A New Canadian Rocket Company Aims To Go Where None Before Have Succeeded
It might come as a surprise to most Canadians but Canada has never launched a rocket into orbit. Sure we were the third country in the world to build our own satellite, the Alouette, but it was launched by the U.S. on an American rocket. Sure we’ve sent astronauts into space, built the Canadarm, Canadarm2, Dextre, have satellites in orbit and even sent instruments to …
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