The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronauts Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques, will participate in events in Montreal and Niagara Falls to highlight a rare celestial event, the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.
On March 27, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will give a virtual presentation to University of British Columbia (UBC) staff and students.
From March 19 to 23, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk will visit Fredericton and Kingston to talk about Starliner 1, space exploration and his astronaut career.
Media are invited to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to cover the launch of NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station, targeted for no earlier than April 22, 2024.
Following a competition spanning over two years, the winner of the Deep Space Healthcare Challenge, run by the Canadian Space Agency and the Privy Council Office’s Impact Canada, has been selected. Montreal-based MD Applications will receive $500,000 in grant funding as the grand prize winner. Their EZResus solution is already helping save lives on Earth and holds great potential for diagnosis and medical emergencies in space.
Earlier today, the Intuitive Machines-1 (IM-1) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Canadian technologies. IM 1, developed under the Artemis program, is headed to the Moon. If the landing is successful, these will be the first Canadian technologies to be operated on the Moon since the Apollo missions.
Today, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques and CSA mission scientist Patrick Hill will participate in a geology webinar for nearly 4,000 Canadian students in grades 9 to 12. It will be about rocks, both in space and on Earth, and the geology training that astronauts take in preparation for future lunar missions.
From February 6 to 9, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will visit Ottawa, Regina and Moose Jaw to talk about the Artemis II mission, during which he will become the first Canadian to fly around the Moon. Jenni Gibbons, the Canadian backup astronaut for Artemis II, will accompany Jeremy at the Ottawa events.
On February 5, 2024, media are invited for a behind-the-scenes look at how Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is preparing for the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon.