The Canadian Space Agency (CSA), established in 1989, is the national space agency of Canada responsible for promoting the peaceful use and development of space. A key focus is to advance space knowledge through science and ensure space science and technology provide social and economic benefits for Canadians. The CSA is known for its contributions to space exploration, including the Canadarm robotic arm series and participation in missions like the Artemis 2 moon mission, partnering with organizations like NASA and ESA on projects involving satellites, rovers, and space telescopes.
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Iris, sponsored by the International Space Station National Laboratory and part of the Canadian CubeSat Project led by the Canadian Space Agency, observes weathering of geological samples exposed to solar and cosmic radiation.
ESSENCE is sponsored by the International Space Station National Laboratory and developed by universities in Canada and Australia as part of the Canadian CubeSat Project led by the Canadian Space Agency.
CRS-28 is carrying five cubesats built by Canadian universities and sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency.
The Canadian Space Agency awarded a contract to ExactEarth Ltd., a subsidiary of Spire Global, to deliver preparatory work for implementation phases of the WildFireSat mission.
Spire Global will partner with OroraTech under the Canadian Space Agency contract for WildFireSat preparatory work.
NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency had previously agreed to operate the International Space Station beyond 2024 to 2030.
The Canadian government, working with MDA, supplied data from the Canadian Space Agency’s three-satellite Radarsat Constellation Mission to show Ukrainian forces where Russian forces were advancing and to assist with targeting.
The 2009 U.S.-Canada Framework Agreement established an overall legal framework to facilitate the conclusion of implementing arrangements for cooperation between NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.
The SWOT mission was jointly developed and managed by NASA, CNES, the Canadian Space Agency, and the UK Space Agency.
Nanoracks has worked with the Canadian Space Agency since 2018 when Nanoracks was awarded the launch services and deployment contract for the Canadian CubeSat Project.
The SWOT satellite is jointly developed and managed by NASA, the French Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, and the UK Space Agency.
The Canadian Space Agency and the United Kingdom Space Agency contributed components to SWOT valued at about $26,000,000 combined.
The Canadian Space Agency funded Canadensys Aerospace Corporation, Mission Control, and NGC Aerospace Ltd. under the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program.
The first crewed Orion mission, Artemis 2, is projected to take place no earlier than late 2024 and will carry four astronauts, including one from the Canadian Space Agency, on a flight around the moon and back.
The Canadian Space Agency awarded a C$43,000,000 (US$32,000,000) contract to Canadensys Aerospace Corporation to build a rover carrying six scientific payloads.
Donya Divsaler is a Canadian Space Ambassador for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
On 2022-09-21, Axiom Space and the Canadian Space Agency established a memorandum of understanding to study future space cooperation opportunities that could include flying Canadian astronauts on Axiom missions.
Metaspectral received funding from the Canadian Space Agency’s smartEarth initiative to build a method to systematically quantify ground-elevation carbon dioxide levels using hyperspectral data.
The integrated FGS/NIRISS unit was built and tested by Honeywell with assistance from scientists and engineers from the Canadian Space Agency, the Université de Montréal, NASA, and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
The James Webb Space Telescope is already collecting early release observations that will be unveiled on 2022-07-12 by NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency.