Canadian Space Agency

• Want to go to space? Canada’s ‘door is open’ for future passenger flights with new plan

  'I like to think that we first have to have a dream, and then we see how we can make it happen,' said Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques.

  Canada

  Jan 20
  
• James Webb Space Telescope unveils the universe as you’ve never seen or heard it before

  The spectacular images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are unprecedented, and it takes special skills to translate the science into something we can see and hear.

  Science

  Nov 19, 2022
  
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• Calgary scientists studying Mars soil for signs it supported life

  The Canadian Space Agency, as part of the NASA-led Mars Science Laboratory mission, is funding the three-year study to determine whether Mars was ever capable of supporting life..

  Science

  Sep 1, 2022
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• Artemis space mission to moon considered ‘a stepping stone’ to Mars

  Artemis 1 is the first in a series of flights intended to result in a base orbiting the moon, from which crews can then venture into the solar system.

  Science

  Aug 28, 2022
• Micrometeoroid causes ‘uncorrectable’ damage to James Webb Space Telescope

  The $10-billion space telescope suffered damage to segment C3 of its mirror array, but its performance is still exceeding scientists' expectations.

  Science

  Jul 20, 2022
• Astronauts suffer increased bone loss on return to Earth: Calgary study

  A study released Thursday from the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary followed 17 astronauts before and after their space flights.

  Features

  Jun 30, 2022
• ‘Surreal feeling’: Nanosatellite built in Nova Scotia set to go into space

  LORIS, which stands for low-orbit reconnaissance imagery satellite, is a nanosatellite, designed and built by students at Dalhousie University's Space Systems Lab

  Science

  Jun 16, 2022
• University of Waterloo to focus on effect of space travel on the brain

  The CSA announced that it was awarding grants aimed at studying the effects of space travel on the human body to nine universities across the country.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2022
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• Case of ex-space agency engineer facing breach of trust charge put off until April

  Wanping Zheng, 61, a resident of Brossard, Que., faces a single count of breach of trust, accused of using his position to act on behalf of a Chinese aerospace company.

  Crime

  Mar 17, 2022
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• CSIS repeatedly warned space agency about engineer facing breach of trust charge

  The court document suggests that despite the three warnings, Zheng's security clearance status was renewed by the space agency in April 2017.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2022