Canada's
@MDA_space
has joined the Lunar Dawn team to build a robotic arm & interfaces for a human-rated Moon rover for the Artemis missions, beginning with Artemis 5 🇨🇦🦾🚗
Lunar Dawn, led by
@LunarOutpostInc
, is a joint effort between:
🤖
@LockheedMartin
, to provide
"But we can confirm, without a doubt, that our equipment is on the surface of the Moon—and we are transmitting.
Houston, Odysseus has found his new home." 🇺🇸🌑
52 years later,
@Int_Machines
has brought America back to the surface of the Moon.
the time has come to launch a Canadian space newsletter ✍️🫡🇨🇦
introducing orbit, a weekly roundup of Canadian space news
it'll also include long-form pieces. soon, it'll expand to mini-docs.
I'd love for you to join me on this journey.
Did you know that images of the IM-1 mission were taken by Canadian hardware? 🇨🇦📸
@Canadensys1
's 360-degree cameras for the Nova-C lunar lander are aboard the Odysseus craft
Today, Odysseus entered lunar orbit...tomorrow, it will land on the Moon
Welcome to the Artemis era.
I still can't believe that you can request a satellite image of anywhere on 🌎for free & receive it almost instantly w/
@SkyfiApp
Here's
@maritimelaunch
's launch pad in Canso, N.S 🚀🇨🇦 from Oct '23
This is how you create LTV for a niche industry that is exploding
📢IT'S OFFICIAL📢
JEREMY HANSEN (
@Astro_Jeremy
) will be the 1st Canadian to orbit the Moon, making Canada the 2nd country IN OUR WORLD to do so! 🇨🇦🚀🌝
#Artemis
2: a 10-day mission that will circumnavigate the Moon
(🇨🇦 also has an additional seat for another Artemis mission!)
Intuitive Machines' CEO Steve Altemus clarifies Odysseus' landing and orientation.
Odysseus' foot caught the surface while moving sideways, resulting in the lander tipping onto a rock.
Solar rays are being powered, and the IM-1 mission continues to collect science & data.
@tobyliiiiiiiiii
big moment for 🇨🇦 too as two pieces of Canadian tech are on board:
-
@Canadensys1
360 degree imaging systems (camera that took the first images of IM-1)
-
@MDA_space
landing sensors
Gorgeous shot of
@maritimelaunch
pad in Canso, Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🚀
MLS is aiming for two suborbital launches in 2024 as part of their DART program (their first revenue-generating missions)
One payload client includes Halifax-based
@GALAXIAsys
, who will test their Hydra
"But we can confirm, without a doubt, that our equipment is on the surface of the Moon—and we are transmitting.
Houston, Odysseus has found his new home." 🇺🇸🌑
52 years later,
@Int_Machines
has brought America back to the surface of the Moon.
"𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮" 🚀🇨🇦
Here's Maritime Launch Services' President & CEO Stephen Matier presenting the latest updates on Spaceport Nova Scotia
🚀 MLS is aiming to launch their first suborbital launch in 2024,
Two key points from
@spacecanada
letter to 🇨🇦's gov:
💰 space sector supports 20k+ jobs & contributes $2.5B yearly in GDP to 🇨🇦's economy
🤝 recommends gov create a National Space Council (like 🇺🇲) chaired by PM to enhance space policy, investments
Access roads to the horizontal integration facility are complete, with work now pivoting to launch pad construction
Maritime Launch Services is aiming for its first suborbital launch in summer 2023, ushering 🇨🇦 into the rocket launch industry 🚀🛰️
Three images of Ody touching down on the Moon:
1️⃣ engine firing, regolith moving away from engine plume
2️⃣
@Canadensys1
🇨🇦 fish-eye lens showing wide-angle view
3️⃣ Ody's current, upright stance
Ody is still able to communicate & transmit all 6 payload & commercial payload data
let April 8, 2024 be known as the day that I passed on 100% visibility of the solar eclipse from my backyard to instead ask my best friend the most important question of my life atop a volcano in Costa Rica
we are fired up my friends—it was worth the gamble
Two mega pieces here regarding rockets launching from Spaceport Nova Scotia (SNS) 🚀🇨🇦
1) MLS hosted a European launch vehicle client at SNS (❗)
2) MLS received the suborbital launch vehicle that they'll launch this year(‼️)
last week in Canada's space industry
issue 02:
Deals Rule Everything Around Me (D.R.E.A.M)
🛰️ Canadian CubeSats, hardware arrive at the ISS
🧑🚀 Joshua Kutryk receives Starliner-1 mission patch
🤝 Satellite 2024 conference deals (MDA, MLS)
💰 USask receives $17M in funding
Did you know that images of the IM-1 mission were taken by Canadian hardware? 🇨🇦📸
@Canadensys1
's 360-degree cameras for the Nova-C lunar lander are aboard the Odysseus craft
Today, Odysseus entered lunar orbit...tomorrow, it will land on the Moon
Welcome to the Artemis era.
We are thrilled that Odysseus has successfully landed on the lunar surface, and thank and congratulate our partners at
@Int_Machines
,
@NASA
, the
@ILOA_Hawaii
,
@EmbryRiddle
, and the
@csa_asc
! Our team in the Canadensys Lunar Mission Control Centre is excited to begin the surface
A small but substantial goal is to break 1000 followers by the end of month—this enables additional analytics in the X media library
here to amplify the Canadian space industry 🇨🇦—posts, videos, newsletter (very soon), mini docs (soon-ish)
"It is just a never-ending sense of awe looking at our blue planet... the beauty of sun rises and sunsets. It's very touching, it's very humbling and it makes you want to go back to Earth and help make it better." -
@Astro_DavidS
live from
@Space_Station
@csa_asc
#DareToExplore
Spaceport Nova Scotia has completed phase 1 of its launch pad construction—that's one step closer to launching 🚀s from 🇨🇦
Perhaps this won't include just the Cyclone 4-M rocket.
Maritime Launch & Lindsay Construction completed the launch pad for a demo launch 🇨🇦 taking place later this year. To celebrate this important milestone, we wanted to share it with you. Great things will take off from here🚀🇨🇦👀
🇨🇦🚀 Reaction Dynamics (RDX) has won a funding bid for up to $1.5M to support commercial production
RDX aims to launch into sub-orbit in Q4 '24.
It is the only Canadian rocket company to have a MOU with Maritime Launch Services, Canada's first, and only commercial spaceport.
issue 001 of orbit has officially launched 🍁🧑🚀
the rush of publishing a newsletter about an industry you adore is tough to describe (it's terrifying)
give it a read & tell me how I can improve—excited to take this first step with you all 🫡
the time has come to launch a Canadian space newsletter ✍️🫡🇨🇦
introducing orbit, a weekly roundup of Canadian space news
it'll also include long-form pieces. soon, it'll expand to mini-docs.
I'd love for you to join me on this journey.
Some new-ish photos of the
@csa_asc
's
@Astro_Kutryk
doing a pressurized fit check for a different size spacesuit
your daily reminder that on April 3 we'll find out who will be the first Canadian to fly around the Moon on
#Artemis2
"Space is a vital part of our daily lives. Enabling commercial launches will allow Canada to capture a section of the growing space-launching market"
@lisacampbellasc
#cdnspace
#canadainspace
"So at the end of it all, I am left in awe of being reminded what strong leadership, setting big goals with a passion to collaborate and a can-do attitude can achieve.
We are going to the Moon together—let's go ✊"
-
@Astro_Jeremy
, the first Canadian to orbit the Moon 🇨🇦
Great
@tferriss
pod w/ Guy Laliberté. Talk about a life well lived!
Laliberté has obviously exercised his dream of traveling the world—he doesn't even mention being the first private Canadian astronaut to leave Earth & go the
@Space_Station
(2009) 🤯🇨🇦👨🚀
@pronounced_kyle
ICYMI
@csmc_scms
has received funding from
@csa_asc
to "evaluate prospecting in lunar orbit & on the surface"
They'll consider mining & construction capabilities + in-situ processing of resources
They're also working on a portable nuclear fission reactor—Project Leunr
I did not have "closing out
@CTVNationalNews
while discussing Canada's space industry" on my bingo card for 2024.
Was the least comprehensible part of my ramble shown on national television?
You bet!
Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. Lots to improve. Huge W for the kid.
all smiles. And how could you not?
"he's a master of science in physics, an F-18 pilot, and a Canadian astronaut. Your mission specialist,
@Astro_Jeremy
!"
(and look at that new
@csa_asc
patch!)
Intuitive Machines tried to identify Odysseyus' location by firing 🇨🇦's
@MDA_space
laser range finder as they weren't able to determine its orbit.
But the laser didn't fire—the safety enable switch wasn't physically switched on, and they couldn't enable it with software.
There's a new
@maritimelaunch
CFO—Philip Jones brings 27 years of experience in the financial sector and has previously raised ~ $180 million in debt & equity financing. 🇨🇦🚀
$MAXQ $MAXQF
"A Canadian will have a chance to go on a mission to orbit the Moon. That's very exciting."
"We want to work on the Moon, we want to science on the Moon. That's the next immediate target." -
@MarcGarneau
speaks to
@mcgillu
about Canada's future in space
#cdnspace
A few notable achievements by the first Canadian in space:
🚀flew 3 space missions (STS-41: '84, STS-77: '96, STS-97: '00)
🫡President of
@csa_asc
from '01-'05
🗣️first non-🇺🇸to work as CAPCOM
✍️drafted the Canadian Space Strategy
👨🚀logged over 677 hr in space
hbd big guy
Happy birthday to Marc Garneau, born on this day in 1949 in Quebec City!
In 1984, he flew on the Challenger and became the first Canadian in outer space.
He returned to space in 1996 and 2000, logging 677 hours.
From 2008 to 2023, he was a Member of Parliament.
@CraigBaird
had a lot of fun documenting his part of the Artemis II crew announcement—what a speech.
I'm already eager to find out which Canadian will be on the next Artemis mission since Canada has 2 seats due to their Canadarm3 contribution to Lunar Gateway
📢IT'S OFFICIAL📢
JEREMY HANSEN (
@Astro_Jeremy
) will be the 1st Canadian to orbit the Moon, making Canada the 2nd country IN OUR WORLD to do so! 🇨🇦🚀🌝
#Artemis
2: a 10-day mission that will circumnavigate the Moon
(🇨🇦 also has an additional seat for another Artemis mission!)
go
@SpaceX
, Falcon 9 & Cygnus!
once Cygnus is in orbit, the Canadarm2 🇨🇦🦾 will catch & attach it to the
@Space_Station
this supply run is key for Canada, as it includes Bio-Monitor wearables for the
@csa_asc
Space Health experiment, which aims to assess how astronauts'
Three images of Ody touching down on the Moon:
1️⃣ engine firing, regolith moving away from engine plume
2️⃣
@Canadensys1
🇨🇦 fish-eye lens showing wide-angle view
3️⃣ Ody's current, upright stance
Ody is still able to communicate & transmit all 6 payload & commercial payload data
🦾 Canadarm3 has generated 🇨🇦 2 astronaut flights to the 🌕—
@Astro_Jeremy
orbiting it on Artemis 2 & a 2nd unannounced flight to lunar Gateway
Over 13 yrs, 🇨🇦 will spend $1.2B to create a lunar utility vehicle
Will this put Canadian boots on lunar soil?
Hi
@CBCNews
, this isn't true—EagleCam was built by 🇺🇸 students
@ERAU_Daytona
The 🇨🇦 tech on board is
@Canadensys1
's 360-degree imaging system, which has taken all of the IM-1 mission photos (you featured one)
Happy to discuss Canadian space anytime.
"Canada will be the second country in the world to send a human into deep space."
-
@Astro_Jeremy
, the first Canadian & non-American to orbit the Moon 🚀🌖🇨🇦
"Our scientists, our engineers,
@csa_asc
,
@CanadianForces
, across gov, all of our leadership working together under a vision to take step by step & all of those have added up to THIS MOMENT where a Canadian is going the Moon with our international partnership and it is GLORIOUS."
Our friends, on the way here. The essence of space flight, in a timelapse showing the
#SoyuzMS11
launch. I still can’t comprehend that there are humans riding on the top of this lone white streak into the great black open. Hi-Res:
"today can be simply Valentines Day, or it can be a day that we remember what it means to be human on this planet"
love may be in the air, but it's also in the vacuum of space!
#palebluedot
by
@shannonmstirone
It's been awhile since I've been in the journalism game, but as
@marinakoren
points out quite clearly — saying "off the record" isn't some 21st century magic spell. It doesn't give you automatic immunity. There Musk be an agreement.
the universe is telling me to buy a hot dog cooker—look at this absolute unit, "the doghouse," for $1000 CAD
pls roast my ideas:
- set up shop on my front lawn, across the 7th hole of a golf course. quick snacks are the clubhouse aren't great
- buy it, create plan (1 for $3, 2
ILO-X WFoV images made into a gif for your viewing pleasure! Comprised of mostly thumbnails taken during Deorbit, Descent and Landing (DDL) on 22 February prior to
@Int_Machines
IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander touchdown (compressed for X - has full size)
@ashleevance
cracked up so hard when he talked about dressing up as Professor X—what an incredible piece of technology. His joy just oozes from the screen
"...two classes of small 🇨🇦 lunar rover to be landed near the south pole of the 🌕for the purpose of conducting polar volatile (i.e elements that easily evaporate, such as water) characterization"
QUESTION: Would the end goal be creating rocket fuel from water?
#space
#cdnspace
TIL about John Young. This guy was *the* astronaut of the Apollo era
1⃣st human to fly solo around the Moon
🚶🚶🚶 moonwalks over 3 days
🚗🌕 drove 16 miles across the Moon
...and he was the only astronaut to fly the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle missions 🤯
#ForAllHumankind
"I can remember when Neil Armstrong stepped out of the eagle and took his first step on the moon," says
@MarcGarneau
. "We were on a sailboat in the English Channel and could see the Moon. It was one of the marking moments in my life.
@DontLetGoCanada
#DontLetGoCanada
"My first thought was why would 🇨🇦 be looking for astronauts when we didn't even have a rocket to launch them in space?"
Garneau pondered this 40 years ago as he saw an ad in the Ottawa Citizen.
(I'd love to manage ads for Canada's next astronaut campaign)
MLS has created a strategic Advisory Board consisting of leaders w/ expertise in the international space industry, tech development, Indigenous law, space law, among other areas
Chaired by VP of Communications & Corporate Affairs at MLS,
@Sarah_E_McLean
issue 02 of orbit went out this afternoon and I couldn't be happier with the new template/format
building this as I go has been incredibly rewarding
also realizing how underreported Canada's space industry is—there's almost too much news to jam into a weekly roundup
last week in Canada's space industry
issue 02:
Deals Rule Everything Around Me (D.R.E.A.M)
🛰️ Canadian CubeSats, hardware arrive at the ISS
🧑🚀 Joshua Kutryk receives Starliner-1 mission patch
🤝 Satellite 2024 conference deals (MDA, MLS)
💰 USask receives $17M in funding