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Canadian commands space station for first time
With the ringing of a ceremonial bell in space to mark a crew change, astronaut Chris Hadfield became the first Canadian to assume command of the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Canadian Space Agency called it “a historic milestone for our country.” Hadfield said in a Twitter message that…
Small Canadian telescope to hunt for near-Earth astroids
Little telescope to hunt big game: hard-to-see near-Earth asteroids (via The Christian Science Monitor) Efforts to discover near-Earth asteroids – including those that are potentially hazardous – received a potential boost Monday with the launch of the Canadian Space Agency’s Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat). Housed in a spacecraft…
‘Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite’ to hunt for potentially hazardous asteroids
Efforts to discover near-Earth asteroids – including those that are potentially hazardous – received a potential boost Monday with the launch of the Canadian Space Agency’s Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat). Housed in a spacecraft the size of a large suitcase, the space telescope… …
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