22 November 2015
James Webb Space Telescope prepped to receive gold-coated primary mirror segments
... ‘see’ in. Planned for a launch date of October 2018, JWST is a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Some of the telescopes mirrors will be housed on “wings”, described as the side portions...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
...; University of Adelaide, Australia; Australian Air Force; Canadian Space Agency, and several private consultants. The Global Space Institute, the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and the McGill Institute of Air...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... Optics Program, which also involved the Canadian Space Agency, complements the previous development of robust electronics...another location of great interest to the lunar, science and space settlement communities The Moon in recent times has become a ...
January 2021
Medical professionals and long-duration spaceflight
... 8-23 July 1994 and from 29 October to 7 November 1998. Bob Thirsk, a family physician and astronaut of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), completed two spaceflights: as a payload specialist from 20 June to 7 July 1996 and as a mission engineer from...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... and Major Disasters initiated by ESA, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), following the UNISPACE III conference in 1999. It represents a worldwide collaboration, through which satellite data are ...
January 2023
Producing food in space
...like lettuce, cress and bok choy. In 2005, the European Space Agency (ESA) produced a list of nine crops it believed could ...NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) organised the Deep Space Food Challenge, which seeks new space food solutions. Finnish...
