LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 09/30/14 — On September 30, the Canadian Space Agency will host a networking breakfast for 11 graduate and post-graduate students. These students are recipients of the CSA–s grants and contributions program, allowing them to attend the 65th (IAC). They will have the opportunity to network with key players in the space industry.Following the breakfast, the Royal Canadian Mint will unveil a new collector coin celebrating the CSA–s 25th anniversary.Both e
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 09/09/13 — Following the latest weather briefing, the go-ahead has been given for a midnight EDT launch. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the French space agency, the Centre national d-etudes spatiales (CNES), are ready to launch the first stratospheric balloon of their Stratos Balloon Program.When launched, the balloon will ascend to between 25 and 32 kms, will fly for about four to ten hours, and should land in a 500 km radius area from the launch sit
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 04/29/13 — After making over 35 000 observations and logging more than 25 000 hours of studying the Universe, the Herschel Space Observatory has exhausted its supply of liquid helium, which is required to cool the telescope-s instruments to make highly precise measurements. Now that the school-bus sized telescope will cease its active duty, astronomers from 14 countries, including Canada, will devote their full attention to analyzing the prolific telescope
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 01/28/13 — What would happen to a marshmallow in space? That-s one of several questions Hadfield will answer from the International Space Station (ISS) on January 30 at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Joined by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, he will speak live to 200 grade 5 and 6 students from the National Capital Region.Prior to this discussion, His Excellency will answer questions from the students o
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 09/20/12 — Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Chris Hadfield will return to Canada one last time before he launches to the International Space Station for a six-month mission. He will take this opportunity to talk about his mission, his role as Commander and outreach activities during his mission including a science contest that will bring a winning Canadian classroom-s experiment to space as well as an education resource for teachers featuring a Hadfie
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 08/09/11 — The 9th edition of the Canadian Space Agency-s (CSA) annual Space Educator Training Event will be held August 9 to 11, 2011 at the John H. Chapman Space Centre in Longueuil, Quebec.During three days, 150 educators from across Canada will have the opportunity to explore space-related topics. The content discussed during the sessions is curriculum-relevant at the primary and secondary levels. The workshops are hosted by CSA engineers and scientist
