From October 30 to November 3, 2023, the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs and the Canadian Space Agency co-hosted the 4th edition of the Space4Women Expert Meeting. Experts from the global space community gathered in Montreal, Quebec, to discuss efforts to build capacity to promote and advance gender equality in the space sector. Those present at the meeting also produced the first Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit dedicated to the space sector.
On November 3, the CSA will be hosting a panel featuring four experts in the global space community to discuss the highlights from the week's meetings. They will outline actions that can be taken to encourage women and girls to pursue scientific and technical fields. CSA President, Lisa Campbell, will deliver a speech before the panel.
Satellites provide a unique perspective of our planet, support cutting-edge science, and enable applications and services in many areas critical to the health and well-being of Canadians. For more than 60 years, Canadian experts have been using satellites to monitor our environment from space, as we have seen especially over the past few months during the environmental crises in Canada.
From October 25 to 28, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be in Toronto to talk about the Artemis II mission, in which he will be the first Canadian to fly around the Moon.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, will make an announcement that will define future satellite Earth observation capabilities for Canada.
On September 24, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission delivered a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth after a seven-year journey through space. Earlier today, NASA offered a first look at the Bennu sample from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Thanks to contributing the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), Canada will receive a portion of the sample, thus becoming the fifth country in the world to curate a sample collected in space.
On October 11, 2023, NASA will hold a news conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston to reveal material collected from asteroid Bennu as part of the OSIRIS-REx mission.
An asteroid sample collected as part of the NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission landed in the Utah desert. In return for the Canadian Space Agency's contribution to this mission, a portion of the asteroid material will go to Canada. It will be studied by generations of Canadian and international scientists.
On September 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will deliver a sample of asteroid Bennu on Earth. Analyzing the sample could revolutionize our understanding of the solar system's history, how our planet formed, and possibly the origin of water and life on Earth.
On September 13, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. ET, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will hold a virtual briefing for media representatives on Canada's role in NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
