The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) officially announced the first contracts related to Canada’s goal of being an important participant in the ongoing science and future commercialization of the Moon.
Read More »SEDS Canada selects student finalists for microgravity and balloon flights
Since space experiments are expensive, much of the testing for the final frontier takes place on airplanes simulating microgravity, or balloons that fly high in the stratosphere.
Read More »Terranauts: Teaching and Training the Next Generation of Space Explorers
In this episode of Terranauts we feature Dr. Gordon Osinski, a professor at Western University and the director of the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration.
Read More »Western University Tries to Trace Origins of Interstellar Objects Visiting Our Solar System
Not content with just having Western alumni Robert Weryk discover the first known interstellar object passing through our solar system in 2017, researchers are trying to trace the origins of the two known interstellar objects.
Read More »Podcast: Election 2019 Town Hall and a New Research Institute at Western University
This weeks SpaceQ podcast has two segments. The first is my short interview with Conservative Party MP Erin O’Toole from the AIAC’s town hall followed by a segment on the launch of Western University’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration.
Read More »Western University Launches Institute for Earth and Space Exploration With Aim to be a Global Leader in Space Research and Training
For Western University, and in particular Dr. Gordon Osinski, years of hard work have led to the creation of only the second Research Institute level organization at the university, the new Institute for Earth and Space Exploration.
Read More »First Junior Astronaut Activities Now Available
The Canadian Space Agency Tweeted yesterday that that the first Junior Astronaut activities are available for teachers, educators, parents and youth group leaders.
Read More »Western University Selected by the Canadian Space Agency to Consult on Junior Astronauts Initiative
The Canadian Space Agency has selected Western University to help them guide the Junior Astronauts initiative with the program goal of engaging 80,000 youth across Canada during the current school year.
Read More »Sarah Gallagher on Leveraging Science for Innovation
This week we have our final special recording from the recent Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute ASTRO 2019 conference in Laval, Quebec.
Read More »Fireball As Bright as the Moon Captured on Camera by Western University Researchers
Researchers at Western University say that their automated meteor detection system captured a fireball as bright as the full moon in the early morning hours near Bancroft, Ontario.
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