Topic: Canadian Space Agency

Space Robot Dextre

Space Robot Dextre, Canada's contribution to the International Space Station , is a two-armed robot or " " Dextre was launched into space on March 11, 2008 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-123. First Pictures of Completed Dextre Giant Space Robot ...
To fully understand the future of Canadian involvement in space exploration one must first understand the history of this involvement and the present state of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) which is the lead organization for all Canadian space activities. The major ...
The current state of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is a difficult topic to write about as the CSA is in the middle of a major soul-searching expedition in that its directors and the country its responsible to decides what it views ...
The International Space Station partner agencies met Tuesday, Sept. 21, by videoconference to discuss continuation of space station operations into the next decade and its use as a research laboratory. The Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) meeting included senior representatives from NASA, the ...
The James Webb telescope, scheduled to be launched in 2013, is a huge, infrared-optimized space telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope, named after a former NASA administrator, is an international collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space ...
While only twenty years old, the Canadian Space Agency inherits a legacy of space research dating back to the beginning of the space age. However, while it's space agency (the Canadian Space Agency, or CSA) is only 20 years old, Canada has ...
A new robot developed by General Motors and NASA for the International Space Station uses the same tools and performs many of the same tasks as human astronauts. GM joined in the project to develop technology for next-generation assembly-line robots. R2 will ...

Canada to boost space research

The Canadian government is to boost its support for research of space technologies, Governor General Michaelle Jean said Wednesday in a speech to open parliament."Canada has been a space faring nation for 50 years," Jean said in the Speech from the Throne ...

Satellites helping aid workers in Honduras

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced and 33 lives have been claimed by floods and landslides brought on by a tropical depression that hit the Central American country on 16 October. The Charter, founded in October 2000 by ESA, the ...

Roberta Bondar

), Canadian neurologist, researcher, and astronaut, the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist to travel into space.. In 1983 Bondar was chosen as one of the six original Canadian astronauts, and she began her astronaut training as a member of the ...
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