CSA Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/csa/ Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:12:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png CSA Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/csa/ 32 32 80681979 A new approach to space diplomacy: Hard-hitting calculations outweigh foreign-policy considerations https://spacenews.com/a-new-approach-to-space-diplomacy-hard-hitting-calculations-outweigh-foreign-policy-considerations/ https://spacenews.com/a-new-approach-to-space-diplomacy-hard-hitting-calculations-outweigh-foreign-policy-considerations/#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=527238 European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) President Lisa Campbell sign a cooperation agreement between Europe and Canada June 6 at CSA headquarters. Credit: CSA

When Canadian and European Space Agency leaders reaffirmed their commitment to work together in June, leaders focused their public remarks primarily on shared exploration goals and decades of fruitful partnership. […]

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Space agencies grapple with potential changes to Artemis https://spacenews.com/space-agencies-grapple-with-potential-changes-to-artemis/ https://spacenews.com/space-agencies-grapple-with-potential-changes-to-artemis/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 11:54:04 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=517271 Walther Pelzer, director general of the German Space Agency

Space agencies working on the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration campaign said they plan to continue work on their contributions despite NASA’s current budget uncertainty, even as some consider alternative cooperation.

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Spire and OroraTech win Canadian Space Agency contract for wildfire detection satellites https://spacenews.com/spire-and-ororatech-win-canadian-space-agency-contract-for-wildfire-detection-satellites/ https://spacenews.com/spire-and-ororatech-win-canadian-space-agency-contract-for-wildfire-detection-satellites/#respond Fri, 07 Feb 2025 19:42:10 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=512714 WildFireSat

The Canadian Space Agency awarded a contract Feb. 7 to Spire Global, partnered with OroraTech, to develop a constellation of cubesats to monitor wildfires.

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Artemis Accords signatories look to recruit new members https://spacenews.com/artemis-accords-signatories-look-to-recruit-new-members/ https://spacenews.com/artemis-accords-signatories-look-to-recruit-new-members/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:59:40 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507271 Artemis Accords panel

Countries that have signed the Artemis Accords say that even as their numbers continue to grow, they need to redouble their efforts to encourage more nations to join.

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NASA Selects Winners, Announces Final Phase of Space Food Challenge https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-winners-announces-final-phase-of-space-food-challenge/ Sun, 21 May 2023 22:20:13 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=208711 Nutritional Closed-Loop Eco-Unit System, or NUCLEUS, developed by Interstellar Lab of Merritt Island, Florida, is a self-sustaining food production system yielding fresh greens, vegetables, mushrooms, and insects, which could provide nutrients for long-term space missions. Credits: NASA/Methuselah Foundation

NASA has announced eight winning teams and awarded $750,000 in prizes in the second phase of the agency’s Deep Space Food Challenge. The winning teams will move on to compete […]

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Artemis II Moon Crew Announcement On Monday https://spacenews.com/artemis-ii-moon-crew-announcement-on-monday/ Mon, 03 Apr 2023 02:11:00 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=207474

NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce during an event at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in […]

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Artemis II Astronauts To Be Announced On April 3 https://spacenews.com/artemis-ii-astronauts-to-be-announced-on-april-3/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:57:36 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=206951 Artemis II

NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce during an event at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in […]

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Webb Space Telescope Confirms Its First Exoplanet https://spacenews.com/webb-space-telescope-confirms-its-first-exoplanet/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 18:34:19 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=205668 LHS 475 b

Researchers have confirmed the presence of an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 […]

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Voyager Space Signs MoU With The Canadian Space Agency https://spacenews.com/voyager-space-signs-mou-with-the-canadian-space-agency/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:10:00 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=205214 Voyager

Voyager Space, a global leader in space exploration, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore how the CSA and the Canadian […]

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Canada’s instrument on Webb confirms water in atmosphere of exoplanet https://spacenews.com/james-webb-space-telescope/ Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:36:06 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=201227 Today, a glimpse of the hidden universe was revealed through the release of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first science images and spectroscopic data. Observations made by the powerful space […]

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MDA Signs Contract to Support Canadian Robotics on ISS https://spacenews.com/mda-signs-contract-to-support-canadian-robotics-on-iss/ Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:20:30 +0000 http://localhost:8888/spaceref/?p=526

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a global communications and information company, announced today that it has signed a contract with the Canadian Space Agency valued at CA$81 million (excluding GST/PST) […]

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