Interview with Dr. Ed Cloutis from the University of Winnipeg who will take part in testing Canada’s 4% of the OSIRIS-REX sample return from the asteroid Bennu. Interviewed by Joshua Sorell Q: Tell us about the asteroid Bennu and why it was chosen for a sample return mission....
Interview between Dr. Philip Ferguson and Joshua Sorell Q: Can you tell me in your own words who you are and what do you do? A: Sure, my name is Philip Ferguson. I’m an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Manitoba. Price Faculty of...
We met up with Tim Haltigen, Planetary Senior Mission Scientist at the Canadian Space Agency for a Question and Answer about the Bennu Asteroid sample return mission OSIRUS-Rex that is due to return its precious cargo to earth September 24, 2023 at 8am. Interview between Timothy Haltigen and Joshua...
Canada’s Role in Lunar Exploration Gateway
The Vancouver Chapter of the Canadian Space Society is supporting the organization of the first Canadian chapter of the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC). For over 20 years, the International Space Settlement Design Competition has been taking place at NASA with high school students all around the world...
The CSS Vancouver chapter will have a tent and table set up at this year’s Perseid Meteor Shower Viewing this upcoming August 11th. Come by to see our homemade comet and some meteors in the sky! http://www.metrovancouver.org/events/calendar/abbotsford/988/meteor-shower-watch
‘Real’ Central = Winnipeg; Central = Ottawa – just thought we should make that REAL clear for everyone! On 19 Jun, the interim chair for CSS-W (Wayne Ellis) met for a beer with CSS-Ottawa Chair Graham Looney. To be sure, a number of relevant space/chapter topics were brought up:...
It is pretty common knowledge that the best way to start your day is with a hearty breakfast, and the same certainly applies when you are trying to plan the activities of a gritty group of spacers like those at CSS Winnipeg. This occurred back in March at a...
Work brought me to the remote town of Churchill this week. High on my list of tourist-y things to do was visit the Churchill Rocket Range. To anyone considering re-commissioning the site, I have bad news. It’s in pretty rough shape. Still, it’s a piece of Canadian Space History!...
In the lead up to UNISPACE+50 to be held in Vienna on June 2018, the World Space Week Association (WSWA) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) invite World Space Week volunteers to participate in an essay contest on the role of space and society, now...
