Canadian AI Takes the Wheel in Orbit In a significant step toward smarter space operations, Ottawa-based Mission Control Space Services is teaming up with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to
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Canada’s Lunar Rover Gains Smart Eyes with iSPI+ and ALExIS Canada is stepping up its lunar science game with two new AI-powered instruments for its upcoming Lunar Utility Rover. The
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Canada Bets Big on Quantum Computing Canada is doubling down on its quantum advantage. On December 17, 2025, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon announced a $92
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Starlink Satellite Nearly Brushes Chinese Payload SpaceX has raised concerns over a close orbital approach between one of its Starlink satellites and a recently launched Chinese spacecraft. According to SpaceNews,
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Satellites Zero In on Landfill Methane Emissions As nations race to meet climate targets, a new frontier in emissions monitoring has opened—from orbit. The European Space Agency (ESA) is now
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.
