Space
Canadian firms play small but key roles in historic landing on comet
SED Systems of Saskatoon, Ottawa-based ADGA-RHEA Group both contributed to landing of spacecraft on surface of comet
Com Dev to double production capacity, create 75 new jobs
Com Dev will expand its facility and invest in technology to improve efficiency, increase productivity and lower environmental impacts
Nasa testing ‘inflatable’ rooms for space station and beyond
A $17.8-million test project will send to the International Space Station an inflatable room that can be compressed into a 2.1-metre tube for delivery
Com-Dev nabs $11 million satellite contracts
Work will be carried out at facilities in Cambridge, Ont. and El Segundo, Calif. over the next 18 months.
Sweat the small stuff—how a $0.02 defect nearly destroyed a $1.7B satellite
Ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military satellite stranded and at risk of exploding because a piece of cloth had been left in a fuel line.
NASA to robotically repair satellites in orbit [Photo Gallery]
Washing machine-sized robot will refuel satellites robotically while in orbit
Boeing to offer flights to space
Airplane builder Boeing Co. and Space Adventures, Ltd. will partner to offer trips into low earth orbit (LEO) on Boeing commercial crew spacecraft. Space Adventures will market leftover seats on commercial flights aboard the Boeing Crew Space Transportation-100 (CST-100) spacecraft…
