A Canadian astronaut will be on the first NASA Artemis mission to the Moon , SpaceQ “So I’m excited that a Canadian will be on Artemis II. But what I’m telling you about with all these other opportunities is that we are paving the way to Canadians doing even more things in space, eventually, hopefully one day Canadian on the Moon, and on Mars, those are our goals. And we […]

Accelerated NASA Moon Landing Plan Doesn’t Need Canadian Robotic System, SpaceQ “So with NASA deferring elements of the Gateway not needed for the new plan, comes the question of whether Canada’s robotic system is needed to as part of the revised 2024 plan. In a follow-up email with Gerstenmaier, SpaceQ asked, with the updated moon plan and the revised architecture, is the expected Canadian contributed robotic arm (Canadarm 3) one […]

Canada Is Going To The Moon, SpaceQ “Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed what many had hoped for by committing Canada to participate in the NASA led effort to return to the moon. Canada will contribute a smart robotic system to the NASA’s Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) program. The smart robotic system includes a next-generation robotic arm, which is already being called the Canadarm3, other unnamed equipment, and specialized tools […]

FYI @mikamckinnon we fixed your map so that it shows ALL of Canada pic.twitter.com/ilvojarJBR — SpaceRef Canada (@CanadaInSpace) January 6, 2017 Totally amused by & approve if this fix, @csa_asc needs to hassle @nasa into fixing the official image! https://t.co/iuYUIlDtJN — Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) January 6, 2017 Keith’s note: NASA does not seem to know how large Canada actually is – check the illustration they have online.

Orlando and the miraculously bad timing of the NASA-UAE Space Agency deal, op ed, Danny Bednar, Space News “On Sunday, June 12, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was in Abu Dhabi finalizing an agreement with the chairman of the United Arab Emirates Space Agency Khalif Al Romaithi. The deal is also significant in that on the same day in which hatred and bigotry lead to the senseless death of 50 innocent […]

Winnipeg deep freeze as cold as uninhabited planet, CBC “The Manitoba Museum is reporting Winnipeg’s temperatures on Tuesday were actually as cold as the surface of Mars. According to the Curiosity Rover, Mars reached a maximum temperature of -29 C on Tuesday, a temperature Winnipeg only reached shortly before 3 p.m. The deep freeze over much of Southern Manitoba prompted extreme wind chill warnings in the area and most of […]

Opportunity and Risk Ahead for Canada’s Space Industry, SpaceRef Canada “Maclean noted that Canada had signed two major treaties recently. The first in 2009 with United States and most recently a 10 year extension with the European Space Agency. He also mentioned that the Canadian Space Agency very recently got cabinet approval to go ahead and negotiate a treaty with Russia and that it should be signed shortly. This will […]

Canadian Space Agency Moves Forward with Executing Next Space Plan, SpaceRef Canada “The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will see it’s budget peak this year at an all time high of $424.6 million then drop 34% over the following two years according to estimates released yesterday in their annual Report on Plans and Priorities. At the same the agency has completed an overhaul and restructuring of their Program Activity Architecture which […]

NASA Scientist Urges Canada Not To Touch Oil Sands, AHN “Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada (AHN) – Another nail was driven into Alberta’s oil sands industry on Tuesday after a top NASA scientist advised the province to leave the tar fields alone. James Hansen of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies gave the advice to a panel reviewing the proposed Total E&P $9-billion plan to build the Joslyn North Mine.” Oil […]

Canadian Space Agency to Announce Milestone Astronaut Mission Tomorrow, SpaceRef Canada “It is expected that the Canadian Space Agency will announce that veteran Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will be introduced as the first Canadian Commander of an expedition to the International Space Station. Earlier this year we reported that Hadfield would most likely fly to the International Space Station in November of 2012 as a member of Expedition 34. He […]