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Canadian Space Agency

How To Train for a Mission to the ISS: The Soyuz

December 18, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Expedition 34/35: Canadian Space Agency Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA. The crew launches on Dec. 19, 2012 at 12:12 UTC (7:12 a.m. EST). For the second half of the mission, Hadfield [...]

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How To Train for a Mission to the ISS: Eating in Space

December 17, 2012

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (right)and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn participate in a food tasting session in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA Food is important for everyone, for reasons beyond dietary and health issues, as sometimes just the right meal can make (or break) your day. That’s [...]

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How To Train for a Mission to the ISS: Medical Mayhem

December 11, 2012

Astronaut Chris Hadfield with biomedical equipment attached to his forehead. Credit: Chris Hadfield. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is scheduled to launch on Decemer 19 with crewmates Tom Marshburn and Roman Romanenko on a Soyuz rocket, heading for a long-duration 5-month mission on board the International Space Station. We’re taking a look back at his 2-plus [...]

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Could the Next Planetary Rover Come from Canada?

October 29, 2012

Prototype of the new Juno rover, a 300 kg rover for a mission to Mars or the Moon. Credit: CSA The Canadian Space Agency is well known for its robotics but they’ve recently expanded from robotic arms to building prototypes for five new rovers, designed for future lunar and Mars missions. They range from microrovers [...]

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