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Business, News, Technology

Obruta Close to Finishing Tests of Autonomous Docking on ISS

by Craig BamfordOctober 22, 2024October 22, 2024

Ottawa’s Obruta Space Solutions is close to successfully concluding a year-long series of tests of their autonomous orbital docking technology.

Artist illustration of NASA astronauts at a possible Artemis Base Camp

Research Shows Gut Biome Could Be Barrier For Long Term Habitation in Space

by Craig BamfordOctober 1, 2024October 1, 2024

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Josh Cassada is pictured bundled up in his crew quarters aboard the International Space Station

‘Digital Archaeology’ from Carleton University Reveals Astronaut Habits on ISS

by Elizabeth HowellAugust 21, 2024August 21, 2024

The Canadarm2 robotic arm and Dextre, the fine-tuned robotic hand, are remotely controlled on Earth to extract Bartolomeo from the pressurized trunk of the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship. Bartolomeo is a European Space Agency science payload system that will enable numerous external science experiments to be conducted and controlled outside the space station

Canadian Space Agency Extends MDA Space ISS Robotic Operations Support Contract

by Marc BoucherApril 19, 2024April 19, 2024

On May 22, 2023, Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk was onboard the CST-100 Starliner capsule during water survival training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

Starliner-1 Astronaut Kutryk Highlights “Sense of Pride” for Canada With Next Missions

by Elizabeth HowellMarch 27, 2024March 27, 2024

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announces that Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is selected as crew member for the Starliner-1 mission, and that CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons is selected as the Canadian backup crew member for the Artemis II mission.

Columns, Opinion, The Observer

The Last Canadian on the ISS and the First on the Moon

by Marc BoucherNovember 24, 2023November 28, 2023

Artistic depiction of ILLUMA-T communicating to LCRD over laser links. ILLUMA-T demonstrates two different data transfer speeds from low Earth orbit to the ground via a relay link. The links can be used to stream real-time data or for large bulk data transfers.

SpaceX CRS-29 Cargo Resupply Mission Includes Canadian Science Equipment

by Staff EditorNovember 9, 2023November 9, 2023

Illustration of white blood cell

White Blood Cells are Affected by Spaceflight

by Elizabeth HowellJuly 5, 2023July 5, 2023

This mosaic depicts the International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021

Terranauts Episode 75

by Marc BoucherJune 29, 2023June 29, 2023

This mosaic depicts the International Space Station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module’s space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021

Hanging By A Thread – Saving the Canadian Space Program

by Iain ChristieJune 15, 2023June 15, 2023