Space
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Tires in space: Goodyear to conduct silica testing in orbit
Tire maker is harnessing microgravity conditions on the International Space Station.
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Planet Earth working on 3 Mars landers to follow InSight
A European-Russian robot, a Chinese craft, and an orbiter from the United Arab Emirates are due to explore the red planet.
NASA wants Canadian boots on the moon but feds still pondering space options
On a two-day trip to Ottawa, the NASA chief made an impassioned pitch for Canada to continue its decades-long space partnership with the U.S.
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NASA boss fuels speculation about new Canadian space station role
Space agency wants Canada’s partnership in its new “Lunar Gateway” next-generation outpost.
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Water is buried beneath Martian landscape: study
Research suggests a 12-mile-wide reservoir lies below ice about a mile thick in an area close to the planet’s south pole.
SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites
Replacing its globe-circling fleet with 75 next-generation orbiters.
Blue Origin investing $200M to build Alabama rocket engine plant
Huntsville, Ala. facility will employ 350 workers.
MDA may move head office from Vancouver to US by 2019
Firm commitment made that DigitalGlobe’s ultimate parent will be a US company.
BC father son team to take 3D printing into space
VANCOUVER — For Alex and Sergei Dobrianski, the building blocks of an upcoming revolution in the space industry are found in moon dust. Over the past five years, the father-and-son team has been developing the technology to send a 3D…
Blue Origin successfully tests capsule escape system, lands rocket
Empty capsule landed safely under parachutes four minutes after liftoff.
Montreal universities help space research grow
Goal is to develop world-class, world leading atmosphere in Montreal.
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Principal of Queens in 1861 real father of space flight
Scottish immigrant to Canada predates accepted scientific theory of rocket travel by 30 years.
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Thoth gets patent for 20 km high space elevator
Canadian technology allows astronauts to launch from a platform high above the Earth.
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SpaceX espresso machine run stalled by storm clouds
Elon Musk’s galactic venture will try another rocket landing at sea.
UAE plans to establish a space agency, send first Arab spaceship to Mars in 2021
The unmanned space probe is aimed at diversifying the country’s economy and building local talent in technology and aerospace.
