The University of Alberta is a prominent Canadian institution actively involved in the space sector through research, technology development, and educational initiatives. Its Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology (ISSET) focuses on areas like microgravity science, space instrumentation, planetary materials, and space physics, partnering with organizations like NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The university's activities include CubeSat development (Ex-Alta 1), participation in international space missions, and operation of ground-based observation networks.
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Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation secured government funding to develop an unfuelled microreactor prototype at the University of Alberta.
The Canadian Space Mining Corporation received $5 million from the Government of Alberta to develop a prototype microreactor at the University of Alberta.
The CSMC-University of Alberta project will involve construction of an unfuelled test reactor at the University of Alberta’s Edmonton campus.
CSMC and the University of Alberta are undertaking a $10 million collaborative project to establish a testing hub for small-scale nuclear technology.
CSMC and the University of Alberta have a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on advanced nuclear research.
Prairies Economic Development Canada's $6.1 million defence funding package also supports a University of Alberta defence commercialization centre and an Indigenous defence supply chain program via Cando.
Three satellites from the CUBICS university SmallSat program—Ex-Alta 3 (University of Alberta), MARMOTSat (University of Victoria), and PRESET (McMaster University)—may be launched on SpaceX Transporter 17 or 18.
Ashwin K. Iyer is a professor and Director at the Centre for Applied Research in Defence and Dual-use Technologies (CARDD-Tech) at the University of Alberta.
The RADICALS mission consortium includes the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, Athabasca University, University of New Brunswick, and UTIAS.
SFL Missions will develop the RADiation Impacts on Climate and Atmospheric Loss Satellite (RADICALS) mission led by the University of Alberta.