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July 28, 2026
Canada is deploying its decades long investment in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology to help Mexico track down illegal fishing operations. During a recent bilateral meeting in Ottawa, the…
July 27, 2026
Welcome to Issue 19 of the In Defence of Canada Briefing. This week’s issue highlights an important theme: the need for resilient foundations—both in public support and physical infrastructure—to…
July 24, 2026
The Canadian Armed Forces are preparing for generational investments in capability, but a new policy paper warns these efforts could fail if the military does not adapt to climate realities.
Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 As an APXS uplink lead and strategic planner, I have the privilege…
July 22, 2026
The International Space Station’s (ISS) crew grew by three members with the arrival of the… The post Soyuz MS-29 crew arrives at ISS, U.S. EVA completes Canadarm2 repairs appeared first on…
Brown carbon, emitted by wildland fires and tracked over the span of a week in July 2026, worsened air quality in parts of the U.S. and Canada.
July 21, 2026
The Crew13 mission will take Nasa astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos Sergey cosmonaut..
July 20, 2026
From 22-26 June, 30 university students from Europe and Canada came together at the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in Belgium to explore the fundamentals of…
July 19, 2026
A partial solar eclipse by day and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower by night make Aug. 12, 2026, one of the best nights for skywatching and camping in years, but only for some parts of North…
July 17, 2026
The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss.
Video: 00:02:09 From 22-26 June 2026, 30 university students from Europe and Canada came together at the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in Belgium to explore…
Satellites have captured images of the billowing smoke.
July 16, 2026
Canadian wildfires sent plumes of smoke streaming over Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.
July 14, 2026
According to Dalloneau, many countries need space data, but few have the full capacity to access them independently, a capacity Canada aspires to..