This summer is packed with space science: three missions head off to Mars; there will be continued activity by astronauts flying commercial spacecraft up to the International Space Station; and it will all be topped off by a spectacular meteor shower. Opportunities to fly between Earth and Mars come along roughly every two years when the two […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied to offer high-speed internet to Canadians living in remote areas by beaming it to them via satellites. The Globe and Mail newspaper first reported that space exploration company SpaceX applied with Canada’s telecom regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), for what’s known as a Basic International Telecommunications Services, […]
As two American astronauts get set to lift off into history on the first privately built rocket ship on Saturday, Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is preparing his own launch into the record books. The 57-year-old action star is preparing for a feature length film to be shot on location in the International Space Station and directed by […]
A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the U.S. back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. NASA’s Doug Hurley and […]
China launched a newly designed spacecraft on Tuesday as part of its program to build an orbiting space station, furthering its aspirations to rival the U.S., Russia and private companies in outer space exploration. The official Xinhua News Agency said the unmanned spacecraft and its return capsule were flung into space aboard a Long March […]
They’re called fast radio bursts, or FRBs, and these odd, fleeting signals from space are shrouded in mystery. But thanks to Canada’s largest radio telescope, astrophysicists are discovering more of them in their search to learn what makes these objects tick. The first FRB was discovered in 2007 by an astrophysicist and his student while going through […]
This story is part of Moon Landing: 50th Anniversary, a series from CBC News examining how far we’ve come since the first humans landed on the moon. Fifty years after Apollo 11, the space race has changed from a Cold War, state-funded contest to privately backed economic competition as companies and venture capitalists race to […]
Mandla Maseko, a South African man who had won the opportunity to become the first black African to go into space, has died in a motorcycle crash. He was 30. Maseko was killed in Pretoria over the weekend, according to a family statement reported by local media Monday. Maseko became known as an “Afronaut” and […]
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says he’s adapting well to life back on Earth following a more than six-month mission in space. Speaking from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Saint-Jacques told reporters today he’s doing well, all things considered, just four days after his return. Saint-Jacques says while he hasn’t felt any pain since his return […]
Over the past few decades, astronomers have wondered if a nearby swarm of material — one through which Earth crosses — may hold rocks that could pose a danger to people on Earth. Now a Canadian research team is calling for closer examination of this region, called the Taurid meteor swarm, as it prepares for […]