After only one year on Mars, InSight’s instruments are helping mission scientists, among which Dr. Catherine Johnson and UBC postdoctoral fellow Dr. Anna Mittelholz, uncovered that Mars is more active than previously thought. Published in a scientific paper in Nature Geoscience, their analysis of data gathered by InSight suggests that magnetism at the landing site is 10 times stronger than expected. … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency is funding Dr. Chris Herd, professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, to participate as a scientist on the Mars 2020 mission. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, scheduled to launch in summer 2020, will use a drill to collect samples in precise locations selected by terrestrial experts. For the first time these small … Read more
Now that the RADARSAT Constellation Mission is observing Earth from space, the Government of Canada is looking at options for its successor. The Government of Canada wants to hear businesses’ innovative ideas for how best to succeed the RCM and aims to leverage Canadian expertise, state-of-the art space technologies and global trends in Earth observation. The request for … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency recently awarded funding to Canadian researchers to study the effects of space flight on the human body. The researchers will examine changes in the cardiovascular system, bone structure and strength, as well as ocular health. The results of the studies could help support longer missions to more distant destinations like the … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency and the University of Calgary, along with other partners, announced that they will develop Canada’s contribution to the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer mission. The mission is a collaboration between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to study space weather, the phenomenon that causes the northern … Read more
Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques returned to earth with NASA astronaut Anne McClain and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko. The crew’s Russian Soyuz capsule landed on the plains of Kazakhstan at 10:47 p.m. ET on June 24 (8:47 a.m. on June 25, local time in Kazakhstan). “I am grateful for the privilege to represent Canada on the International … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency’s Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite mission will test quantum technology that protects communications in space. The Canadian Space Agency is awarding a contract worth $30 million to Honeywell for the design and implementation phases of the QEYSSat mission. Under this contract, Honeywell will build, test, deliver, provide training for and commission the … Read more
Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission was launched successfully into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 10:17 a.m. Eastern time from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The constellation of three satellites will provide daily images of Canada’s vast territory, maritime approaches and images of the Arctic up to four times a day. It will have daily … Read more
Accompanied by NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques successfully completed a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on the exterior of the International Space Station. Call 450-926-4370.
The Canadian Space Agency and the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation are making RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar images of Earth available to researchers, industry and the public at no cost. The 36,500 images are available through the Government of Canada’s Earth Observation Data Management System. The full release is available online. Call 450-926-4370.
