| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), will visit the CSA for the first time on January 7, at which time he will announce an innovation in Canadian space technology.
| Canadian Space Agency | backgrounders
Canada is partnering with NASA on OSIRIS-REx, the first US-led mission to return a sample from an asteroid to Earth. Since asteroids are made from primal material left over after planets formed, the mission will help scientists investigate the formation of our planets and solar system, the origin of water and organic material on Earth, and improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth. OSIRIS-REx marks the first time Canada is participating in an international mission to return an extraterrestrial sample to Earth.
| Canadian Space Agency | news releases
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has delivered a sophisticated laser-based mapping system, its contribution to a NASA mission that will be Canada's first international attempt to bring a sample of an asteroid to Earth. NASA's Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission will study Bennu, an asteroid that has the potential to impact the Earth in the late 2100s. It is Canada's first international mission to return a sample from an asteroid to Earth.
| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
On Monday, December 14, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques will connect live from Houston, Texas, with students from St-Bernard College in Drummondville, Quebec. This Skype session is meant to raise the students' awareness of science and technology, but also to discuss Saint-Jacques' journey to becoming an astronaut and space exploration.
| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
On Monday, December 14, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques will connect via Skype with students from CW Perry School in Airdrie, Alberta. He will answer their questions about living and working in space, his journey to becoming an astronaut as well as his work and training.
| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
On December 9, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will connect live from Houston, Texas, with Grade 9 students from Florence Hallock School in Edmonton, Alberta. During a question and answer session via Skype, he will speak about space with the students, who are passionate about the Red Planet and involved in a Mars colonization project.
| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
On December 9, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will connect via Skype live from Houston, Texas, with students from Thornwood Public School in Mississauga, Ontario. During a question and answer session, he will speak about space with students in Grades 3 and 4, who are learning about robotics, plants and soil, and Mars colonization.
| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
On December 2nd, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Jeremy Hansen will connect with students from Harrowsmith Public School in South Frontenac, Ontario. During a question and answer session via Skype live from Houston, he will speak about his astronaut journey and space to these grade 5, 6 and 7 students who are passionate about science and the solar system.
| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
On December 2nd, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut David Saint-Jacques will connect with students from Saint-Jean-Baptiste School in Val-David, Quebec. During this activity which will celebrate six years of robotics at Saint-Jean-Baptiste School, he will answer students' questions with regards to robotics, being an astronaut, and space exploration.
| Canadian Space Agency | media advisories
The launch of the Orbital Sciences Cygnus resupply craft to the International Space Station is planned for December 3, 2015, at approximately 5:55 PM (EST). Cygnus will be captured by Canadarm2 when it arrives at the Station on December 6. Cygnus's cargo includes two Canadian experiments: MARROW and Vascular Echo.
