Following a three-year competition, the Canadian Space Agency announced Vancouver-based Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. (Ecoation) as the winner of the Deep Space Food Challenge. As the Canadian grand prize winner, Ecoation will receive $380,000 for their CANGrow Modular Indoor Food Production System, designed to operate in remote environments like outer space and northern regions.
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.
The Canadian Space Agency is calling on Canadian innovators to participate in the Aqualunar Challenge, a competition aimed at developing technologies that could be used to remove contaminants found in Moon water. In turn, these innovations could help advance current water purification processes on Earth.
Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced two significant assignments for CSA astronauts. Jenni Gibbons will serve as the backup astronaut for the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon, while Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to a six-month mission on the International Space Station launching aboard Starliner-1.
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.
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.
Earth observation data collected by satellites is used to monitor our planet's various ecosystems. As part of the smartHarbour initiative, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is collaborating with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) to develop innovative applications using satellite data as part of the Port of Montreal expansion in Contrecœur. These applications would allow for tracking of different environmental variables that are important for conserving the biodiversity of natural habitats, both while the new MPA terminal is being built and afterwards.
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), today announced that Jeremy Hansen will be the first CSA astronaut to fly around the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis II mission. This historic crewed mission to the Moon will be the first since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago.
For more than 25 years, images from RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission have been of enormous value to Canadians. Satellite data provides critical information to ensure the safety and security of Canadians, monitor and protect the environment and the Arctic, and manage our natural resources.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite launched earlier this morning on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Equipped with innovative technology, this satellite will survey nearly all water on Earth’s surface for the first time. It will provide scientists with precise water level measurements on oceans and inland water bodies to help address the impacts of climate change and improve water management.
