MAVEN Goes Quiet Behind the Red Planet NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter has fallen silent—and mission engineers are working to reestablish contact. The spacecraft last communicated as
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Canada’s SNOLAB Detects Solar “Ghost Particles” in First-Ever Observation Deep beneath the rocky terrain of Sudbury, Ontario—two kilometres underground—Canadian science just helped unveil a cosmic secret that’s been slipping through
Canada’s Artemis II Backup Astronaut Trains for the Moon—and Beyond While Jeremy Hansen captures headlines as Canada’s first lunar-bound astronaut, his backup, Jenni Gibbons, is equally immersed in the intense
The U.S. Moon Rush Needs a Backup Plan—Fast The United States is sticking to its goal of returning astronauts to the Moon before China lands there—ideally between 2028 and 2030.
Starship Takes Root at Cape Canaveral SpaceX has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle this week: it received final environmental approval and authorization from the Department of the Air Force to
Canada Reveals Space Priorities Through Defence Investment Agency In a recent parliamentary disclosure, the Canadian Defence Investment Agency (DIA) confirmed it is managing eight priority defence procurement projects as of
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Antarctic Balloons Set to Hunt Cosmic Mysteries NASA is once again turning to the icy expanse of Antarctica to study the universe’s most elusive phenomena. This December, the agency’s Scientific
Canada Launches New Defence Investment Push with Space Sector in Mind The Government of Canada has committed $357.7 million to launch the Regional Defence Investment Initiative (RDII), an early component
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Orbex Trails in European Launcher Race Amid UK Funding Delays The UK’s Orbex is falling behind its European counterparts in the race to develop next-generation small launch vehicles. According to
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