ispace Completes 50% of the HAKUTO-R First Lunar Mission Milestones
On January 11, 2023, a month after the launch of the ispace Japanese HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the company announced it had completed 50% of the...
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David Saint-Jacques: Back to Work at CSA and NASA, Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada
The last time SpaceQ caught up with David Saint-Jacques in March 2022 — the only flown astronaut on the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) four-person active...
Jeremy Hansen: Canada Preparing for the Artemis II Mission
As the longest serving astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency — he was selected in May 2009 — former CF-18 fighter pilot Col. Jeremy Hansen...
First Commercial Mission to the Moon Launches With Canadian Payloads
Hours before the Artemis I mission Orion capsule splashed down on Sunday, Dec. 11, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the ispace HAKUTO-R mission to...
Lunar Power Company STELLS Emerges From Stealth
After a year and a half of quiet research and development, Toronto-based STELLS has just emerged from stealth. They’re promising to resolve a potentially major...
New Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Opportunity Upcoming
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has posted notice of an upcoming Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP) opportunity and is requesting letters of interest. In the...
Artemis 1 Launches Taking Hopes of a Permanent Human Presence on the Moon
Almost 50 years to the day, it was December 7, 1972, that NASA’s Apollo 17 mission launched on the last human mission to the Moon,...
Canadensys Aerospace Wins Major Contract – Will Build the First Canadian Moon Rover
In the competition between prime contractor MDA and the much smaller and less known Bolton based Canadensys Aerospace, the underdog won. Canadensys Aerospace was founded...
First Commercial Lunar Launch Just Weeks Away, Includes Canadian Payloads
Japanese lunar exploration company ispace will attempt to become the first commercial company to land on the Moon with their Mission 1 (M1). The launch...
What’s next for CSA after Canadian Space Exploration Workshop
The three-day Canadian Space Exploration Workshop (CSEW) wrapped on June 16 after attendees spent most of their time in breakout groups discussing what to do...
