Students from École Champs Vallée School, in Beaumont, Alberta were able to share the results of their Living Space project with astronaut David Saint-Jacques and ask him questions.
Read More »The First Aircraft to Fly on Another Planet Will be a Mars Helicopter
When NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft launches it will include a helicopter designed to fly only on Mars and will be the first time ever an aircraft will fly on another planetary body.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Awards 31 Grants for its FAST Program
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced that it had awarded 31 grants totalling $6.2M for its Flights and Fieldwork for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) program to 16 universities.
Read More »Blockchain and Space – Part 1
Cryptocurrency is a controversial but intriguing topic for many people right now. Watching the rise, fall, and potential recovery of Bitcoin and the “altcoins” has certainly been engaging, but many observers may be forgiven for dismissing “crypto” as a fad.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Funds Health Technologies for Deep-Space Exploration
The Canadian Space Agency announced it has awarded 13 contracts to the health and biomedical communities as part of their health technologies initiative for for Deep-Space Exploration.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques Answers Questions After his Spacewalk
Two days after completing his first spacewalk David Saint-Jacques answered questions from the media about his experience.
Read More »International Space Station Benefits for Humanity Book Now Available
What has the International Space Station (ISS) contributed to humanity since its inception? That’s the question that gets answered in a new book published by NASA.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency 2019-20 Planned Spending Set at $329 Million
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) released its 2019-20 Departmental Plan (DP) today which outlines spending of $329M, about $18M more than was forecasted last year but continues an expected downward trend. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Canada’s New Space Strategy Does Little to Reform Regulations
Canada’s new space strategy on the surface may look like a step forward, but when it comes to reforming regulations to spur innovation and help the commercial space sector, the strategy does little to improve Canada’s competitiveness.
Read More »Waterloo Research Team Plays Role in First Image of a Black Hole
Today a global collaboration of researchers using the newly developed Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) revealed for the first time a picture of a black hole.
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