The Canadian Space Agency recently launched the Aqualunar Challenge in collaboration with Impact Canada, the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) and Challenge Works. The Aqualunar Challenge is a challenge prize with a goal of creating innovative water purification technologies that could support more ambitious space missions. With humankind returning to the Moon later this decade,… Read more »
This Announcement of Opportunity (AO) is open to Canadian post-secondary students and enables them to attend the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2024) and to participate in the activities organized by the International Space Education Board (ISEB). Some of the selected applicants may also be invited to participate in the Space Generation Congress (SGC 2024). … Read more »
Canada has joined humanity’s return to the Moon – this time to stay. The Canadian Space Agency is preparing Canada’s space community and collaborating sectors – including Canadian companies, universities, research institutions, and other organizations – for potential roles in the long-term exploration of the Moon, a crucial stepping stone in humanity’s quest to travel onwards to Mars…. Read more »
BY INVITATION ONLY Canada has joined humanity’s return to the Moon – this time to stay. The Canadian Space Agency is preparing Canada’s space community and collaborating sectors – including Canadian companies, universities, research institutions, and other organizations – for potential roles in the long-term exploration of the Moon, a crucial stepping stone in humanity’s quest to travel… Read more »
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued the Facilities for Inactivity Study Request for Proposal. Specifically, the CSA objective is to “provide the services and facilities necessary for the execution of a head-down tilt bed rest study.” The CSA and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institutes of Aging (IA), Circulatory and Respiratory Health… Read more »
Canada is planning for future lunar exploration activities intended to: prepare Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled deep space exploration robotics technologies; to fly autonomous lunar science missions; to develop flight heritage for promising deep space exploration technologies; and, to advance autonomous medical systems to support astronaut health in space. Altogether, this series of activities will position Canada… Read more »
The Science and Operational Applications Research – Education Initiative (SOAR-E) is now on-line for project proposal submission. SOAR is a joint partnership program between MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. – Geospatial Services Inc. (MDA GSI) and the Canadian Government through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Natural Resources Canada’s Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS). The program provides access… Read more »