Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) announced five new studies that will help assess innovative Canadian health technologies that could one day be launched to the International Space Station. This investment reflects the goals of Canada’s Space Policy Framework: to ensure a strong and commercially competitive space industry that will continue to inspire Canadians. … Read more
Industry Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.) and Canadian Space Agency president Walter Natynczyk joined Canadian astronauts Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa to unveil the framework for Canada’s future in Space. This framework will serve as a guide for Canada’s strategic activities and future in space, ensuring a … Read more
XPAntarctik, a crew of six experienced explorers, leaves Canada Jan. 23, 2014, on the first leg of an unprecedented 45-day expedition to Antarctica. During their expedition, the team will be testing Astroskin, a prototype “smart shirt” for space for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Developed for the CSA by Carre Technologies of Montreal, Quebec, Astroskin … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency announced the launch of Swarm – the European Space Agency's first constellation of Earth Observation satellites. Lift off took place at 7:02 a.m. (EST) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia. The Swarm mission is designed to precisely measure the magnetic fields generated from Earth's core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere. The three satellites … Read more
Canadian Space Agency president Walter Natynczyk issued the a statement on the 15th anniversary of the International Space Station: "Fifteen years ago today, Canada became one of the five partners in the most complex scientific and technological endeavours ever undertaken-the International Space Station. The launch of the first element of the space station-a Russian module … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA are launching a global social media event on Twitter to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS). More information is available online. Call 450-926-4370.
The Canadian Space Agency is proud to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the SCISAT mission. Launched on Aug. 12, 2003, SCISAT is helping a team of Canadian and international scientists improve their understanding of the depletion and recovery of the ozone layer, with a special emphasis on the changes occurring over Canada and in the … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency announced that Canadian satellite, Cascade Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer (CASSIOPE) was successfully launched on Sept 29, at noon (12:00 p.m. EDT). Lift off took place from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. CASSIOPE is the first Canadian hybrid satellite to carry a dual … Read more
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the French space agency, the centre national d'etudes spatiales (CNES), have successfully completed their maiden stratospheric research balloon flight from Timmins, Ont. This flight was the first to take place under a France-Canada collaboration agreement signed on Sept. 30, 2012. These remotely controlled atmospheric balloons can carry up to … Read more
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, along with an international astronaut crew, will live and work underground in caves, during a six-day training program. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behavior and performance Skills (CAVES) will take place from Sept. 16 to 27 in Sardinia, Italy. This training prepares … Read more
