Canadian Space Agency

• Alberta town’s residents hope to share name with lunar rover

  The Canadian Space Agency is seeking a moniker for the four-wheeled, one-metre-tall robot set to scour for water and other resources on the moon -- and is putting it to a vote.

  Canada

  Nov 27
  
• ‘Autonomous’ health-care: Quebec group turns to astronauts in new pilot

  The West Island regional health board launched a pilot project that is using technologies being developed for astronauts in space.

  Canada

  Nov 26
  
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• ‘We’ve started yelling louder’: UNB scientists try to contact unresponsive satellite

  In the last few days before a New Brunswick satellite vaporizes, researchers aren't giving up. They're fighting to make contact before it's too late.

  Canada

  Sep 10
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• Space debris is an ‘increasing issue’ for Earth. What Canada is doing now

  The Canadian Space Agency says it takes the issue of space debris 'very seriously' after a piece of orbital junk was recently discovered in rural Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  May 27
• Ex-CSA engineer acquitted on charge of acting for Chinese firm

  Former Canadian Space Agency engineer Wanping Zheng has been acquitted of breach of trust at the courthouse in Longueuil, Que.

  Canada

  Apr 12
• University of Guelph’s entry in research competition hopes to pass deep space taste test

  The final judging in the Deep Space Food Challenge happened on Feb 7. The winner of the $380,000 first prize will be announced in March.

  Canada

  Feb 16
• Alberta’s Joshua Kutryk to be 4th astronaut Canada sends to International Space Station

  Joshua Kutryk, an engineer and colonel in the Royal Canadian Air Force from Fort Saskatchewan, is headed to space for six months.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2023
• Canada’s Jeremy Hansen says Artemis II moon mission ‘harder than I thought’

  The four-member crew that will orbit the moon in late 2024 as part of the Artemis II is "fired up" after seeing the Orion spacecraft they will use for the first time.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2023
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• West-end London, Ont. students control model of lunar rover after winning competition

  Students were tasked to work as a team to find evidence of water on a moon-like surface using a model of a lunar rover designed to go to the moon as early as 2026.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2023
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• Mini-satellites by Canadian university students set for ‘exciting’ space mission

  Five satellites — roughly the size of a Rubik’s cube — created by Canadian university students will each carry out a separate space mission that will last one to two years.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2023