SpaceX

• Tech billionaire returns to Earth after 1st private spacewalk

  A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers.

  Science

  Sep 15
  
• Tech billionaire emerges from capsule in 1st civilian spacewalk in history

  Jared Isaacman helped finance the five-day flight and was the first to emerge out of the SpaceX capsule and marvel at planet Earth from above.

  Science

  Sep 12
  
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• U.S. FAA grounds SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket after failed landing attempt

  Groundings of Falcon 9, a rocket that much of the Western world relies on to put satellites and humans in space, are rare, the last being in July.

  Science

  Aug 28
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• Stranded Boeing astronauts to return in 2025 on competitor SpaceX: NASA

  Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are now stuck in space until 2025, NASA said. They will return next February on a SpaceX Dragon, not the Boeing Starliner.

  Science

  Aug 24
• Uncertainty over Starliner delays SpaceX’s Crew-9 astronaut launch by weeks

  Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has been orbiting for almost two months longer than expected and is messing with the docking rotation at the ISS.

  Science

  Aug 7
• B.C.-made material to be used by Max Space, NASA for habitats on moon

  A small West Coast company is helping astronauts return to the moon in 2026. ALUULA Composites has signed on to provide its durable, lightweight fabric to build space habitats.

  Canada

  Jul 16
• Alberta tech company Wyvern hopes to build a better Earth from space

  An Edmonton-based company made up of University of Alberta alumni is uncovering new insight into our planet with the first-ever commercial hyperspectral satellite.

  Tech

  Jun 27
• Space junk retrieved from Saskatchewan farm

  Two men who work for SpaceX travelled to a farm in Ituna, Sask., to retrieve space junk from a local farmer.

  Canada

  Jun 11
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• Saskatchewan farmer who found space junk in field not alone, others discover debris

  Barry Sawchuk (left) and Samantha Lawler, an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Regina, pose near a piece of space debris found on his farm in February.

  Canada

  May 30
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• Space junk falling on Saskatchewan farmland prompts question: who’s liable?

  Barry Sawchuk farms with his three sons near Ituna, close to Regina, and was checking out the moisture in his fields at the end of April when he found the item.

  Canada

  May 26