Author: Elizabeth Howell

Biofuels still waiting for take-off

Transport Canada’s new aviation climate action plan highlights the promise of biofuels, but industry observers are still wondering who will make those fuels, and how.

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If you build it …

Construction has only just begun on Canada’s first spaceport, but customers are already starting to line up.

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Innovation and imagery — Montreal team boldly goes

A team of Montreal researchers are preparing to use the an instrument they designed for the James Webb Space Telescope, which will help them analyse the atmospheric composition of planets orbiting around distant stars. This Canadian contribution to the deep-space telescope means scientists from this country will have preferred access to this sophisticated instrument, which will be in high demand.

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MDA’s big bet on commercial space stations

Canada’s high-profile space industry firm MDA has positioned its flagship product, the Canadarm, for installation on a new commercial space station to be constructed by the US firm Axiom.

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