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A guide to the Canadian Space Agency: Key missions, achievements, and future plans

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Reference Discover everything you need to know about the Canadian Space Agency, including its missions, achievements, and role in space exploration.

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A chrome finned rocket lifts off next to a dark grey launch tower with black extended arms. Smoke billows up, obscuring all but the rocket's second stage, glowing orange and rising into the clue blue sky. In the foreground, grass reeds and an old test launch vehicle in the distance.

Donald Trump's approach to US space policy could throw up some surprises, especially with Elon Musk on board

By Bleddyn Bowen, P.J. Blount published

What can be expected of a second Trump administration on space policy? In short, a mixture of continuity and change.

Space Exploration
Viking 2 lander at Utopia Planitia – an unexpected rockfest. Viking 2 landed some 4,600 miles from its twin, Viking 1.

Did NASA's Viking landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Why one scientist thinks so

By Victoria Corless published

Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA's Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were searching for. In this Q&A, we ask why.

Search for Life

Artemis 2's Orion capsule goes into altitude chamber to prep for 2025 moon mission (photo)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Today, an altitude chamber. Next year, the moon.

Human Spaceflight
a smiling man in a blue sweater shakes hands with a woman while an older fellow in a bow tie looks on

Former Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides wins seat in US Congress

By Mike Wall published

Former Virgin Galactic CEO and NASA Chief of Staff George Whitesides won his race to represent California's 27th district in the U.S. Congress.

Private Spaceflight
a space station floats above earth, over an ocean or sea

NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: 'None of our spacesuits are spring chickens'

By Elizabeth Howell published

Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.

International Space Station
Uranus as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope

Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time

By Julian Dossett published

A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus's unique magnetosphere.

Uranus
specs of stars and galaxies in the black of space.

James Webb Space Telescope finds galaxies pointing toward a dark matter alternative

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

A new study suggests galaxies in the early universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, precisely as predicted by modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND.

James Webb Space Telescope
An orange man in a dark suit walks in front of a large white space capsule.

What a 2nd Trump administration could mean for NASA and space exploration

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Former President Donald J. Trump's return to the White House next January will likely bring big changes to NASA's Artemis program and a renewed sense of urgency to a crewed landing on the moon.

Space Exploration
China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there.

The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

By Jacco van Loon published

In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.

Human Spaceflight
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