Space Flight

• Community over the moon as London’s Jeremy Hansen to be first Canadian in deep space

  The 47-year-old mission specialist will be one of four astronauts in the 10-day mission set to launch in November 2024, according to NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023
  
• Entrepreneur part of space launch with William Shatner dies in plane crash

  The plane crashed on Thursday in Sussex County, New Jersey, just northwest of New York City, police said.

  World

  Nov 12, 2021
  
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• ‘Now is the perfect time to be involved in space’: Edmonton physician and space scientist

  The Edmonton-raised physician, aquanaut and scientist-astronaut candidate has been fascinated by space travel as long as she can remember.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2021
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• Race to the stars: Richard Branson to go to space 9 days before Jeff Bezos

  Virgin Galatic announced Thursday evening that its next test flight will be July 11 and that its founder will be among the six people on board.

  World

  Jul 1, 2021
• NASA successfully flies the first-ever helicopter on Mars

  NASA's Ingenuity aircraft took off, hovered and then safely landed in the first-ever flight on another world.

  Science

  Apr 19, 2021
• SpaceX says top secret spy satellite disappearing not its fault

  SpaceX defended its rocket performance during the weekend launch of a secret U.S. satellite, responding Tuesday to media reports that the satellite codenamed Zuma was lost.

  World

  Jan 10, 2018
• Sending your ashes to space: Not just for the rich and famous anymore

  A British company will begin sending ashes of loved ones who have passed on into space to be scattered starting in November.

  Science

  Oct 6, 2017
• Why you should be proud of Canadarm, a game-changer for space

  Engineers were relieved that the Canadarm worked so well in space, since they had been unable to fully test it on Earth.

  Canada

  May 28, 2017