Space

Two men with SpaceX, who didn’t provide their names, retrieve space junk that fell earlier this year from one of its spacecraft, in a still frame taken from video footage made near Ituna, Sask., on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeremy Simes

SpaceX retrieves space junk from Saskatchewan farmer’s field

Farmer says firm paid him, he intends to use the moey for hockey rink

 

People dressed in "Star Wars" costumes outside H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver. (Contributed photo)

Vancouver Space Centre goes intergalactic on ‘Star Wars Day’ in May

Fans of the “Star Wars” movies are invited to dress for the…

 

The CanGrow Modular Food Production System by North Vancouver firm Ecoaction Innovative Solutions is seen in this handout photo. The system and a menu devised on its output has won top prize in the Deep Space Food Challenge, hosted by the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, to come up with ways to feed people in space. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Ecoation-Saber Miresmailli

B.C. strawberries invade space thanks to NASA food challenge win

North Vancouver firm gets $380,000 thanks to an out-of-this-world menu

 

This undated photo provided by NASA shows four Expedition 70 crew mates posing in the pressure suits they will wear when they return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon “Endurance” spacecraft. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mohgensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa. The quartet splashed down off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, completing a six-and-a-half-month space research mission. (NASA via AP)

Four astronauts from four countries return to Earth after six months in orbit

Four astronauts from four countries caught a lift back to Earth with…

This undated photo provided by NASA shows four Expedition 70 crew mates posing in the pressure suits they will wear when they return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon “Endurance” spacecraft. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mohgensen, NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa. The quartet splashed down off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, completing a six-and-a-half-month space research mission. (NASA via AP)
This August 1989 image provided by NASA shows the planet Neptune photographed by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, processed to enhance the visibility of small features. The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced Friday , Feb. 23, 2024, that astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. (NASA via AP)

2 new moons discovered around Neptune and another around Uranus

Latest tally puts Neptune at 16 known moons and Uranus at 28

This August 1989 image provided by NASA shows the planet Neptune photographed by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, processed to enhance the visibility of small features. The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced Friday , Feb. 23, 2024, that astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. (NASA via AP)
Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, left, and Jenni Gibbons, centre, take part in a demonstration on how astronauts will receive medical care during long-duration space missions and how that can be applied in remote regions here on Earth at the Canadian Space Agency in Longueuil, Quebec on Monday Feb. 5, 2024. Annie Martin, right, a Canadian Space Agency manager looks on during the demonstration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sidhartha Banerjee

Moon mission delay the right call says Canadian astronaut

Jeremy Hansen and Artemis II won’t be making their journey until 2025

Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, left, and Jenni Gibbons, centre, take part in a demonstration on how astronauts will receive medical care during long-duration space missions and how that can be applied in remote regions here on Earth at the Canadian Space Agency in Longueuil, Quebec on Monday Feb. 5, 2024. Annie Martin, right, a Canadian Space Agency manager looks on during the demonstration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sidhartha Banerjee
FILE - Russian Space Agency experts test a space suit of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, a crew member of the next mission to the International Space Station, prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG booster rocket with the space capsule Soyuz TMA-14M at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg Kononenko, who’s 59 has made five journeys to the International Space Station, dating back to 2008. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

A Russian cosmonaut sets a new record for the most time in space

59-year-old has now spent more than 878 days in space

FILE - Russian Space Agency experts test a space suit of Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, a crew member of the next mission to the International Space Station, prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG booster rocket with the space capsule Soyuz TMA-14M at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space. Oleg Kononenko, who’s 59 has made five journeys to the International Space Station, dating back to 2008. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
This photo provided by NASA shows, from left, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen during a test at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. NASA kicked off 2023 by introducing the four astronauts who are slated to fly around the moon in late 2024. The second crew, still unidentified, will actually land. (NASA via AP)

Moon-bound astronaut prepares for banner year for Canadians in space

Jeremy Hansen will be on first crewed voyage to lunar space in more than half a century

This photo provided by NASA shows, from left, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen during a test at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. NASA kicked off 2023 by introducing the four astronauts who are slated to fly around the moon in late 2024. The second crew, still unidentified, will actually land. (NASA via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a closeup view of SpaceX Starship stacked atop of the Super Heavy booster at the launch site, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Boca Chica, Texas. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

SpaceX launched its giant new rocket but explosions end the 2nd test flight

The demo lasted 8 or so minutes, about twice as long as the 1st test in April

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a closeup view of SpaceX Starship stacked atop of the Super Heavy booster at the launch site, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Boca Chica, Texas. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
Saturday’s (Oct. 28) sunset over Canoe is highlighted by what mountain biker/photographer Kevin Silverson believes to be meteor. (Kevin Silverson photo)

Mountain biking takes a meteoric turn in Shuswap

Kevin Silverson witnesses burning object falling from the sky

Saturday’s (Oct. 28) sunset over Canoe is highlighted by what mountain biker/photographer Kevin Silverson believes to be meteor. (Kevin Silverson photo)
People watch a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse along the Las Vegas Strip, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

‘Ring of fire’ eclipse brings cheers as it moves across the Americas

Cloud cover obstructed the view for many in B.C.

People watch a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse along the Las Vegas Strip, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A partial solar eclipse rises behind clouds, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Arbutus, Maryland, U.S. The 2023 solar eclipse will be visible in B.C. on Saturday, Oct. 14 morning. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

B.C. to have excellent view of partial solar eclipse this weekend

Saturday morning sun will largely disappear behind the moon

A partial solar eclipse rises behind clouds, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Arbutus, Maryland, U.S. The 2023 solar eclipse will be visible in B.C. on Saturday, Oct. 14 morning. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
This Dec.14, 2018, handout image shows the asteroid Bennu in a composite of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s PolyCam imager from a distance of 24 kilometres. Seven years after it blasted into space to snag a sample of the asteroid, a spacecraft is set to deliver its rare cargo on Sunday – and Canada is getting a piece of the interstellar bounty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Canada to get rare asteroid sample after OSIRIS-REx drops cargo to Earth

NASA-led mission will deliver cargo Sunday

This Dec.14, 2018, handout image shows the asteroid Bennu in a composite of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s PolyCam imager from a distance of 24 kilometres. Seven years after it blasted into space to snag a sample of the asteroid, a spacecraft is set to deliver its rare cargo on Sunday – and Canada is getting a piece of the interstellar bounty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona *MANDATORY CREDIT*
FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. After a yearlong study into UFOs, NASA is releasing a report Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, on what it needs to better understand unidentified flying objects from a scientific point of view. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

New NASA UFO report urges shift in science, perception of their study

Space agency completes year-long review of ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’

FILE - Workers on scaffolding repaint the NASA logo near the top of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. After a yearlong study into UFOs, NASA is releasing a report Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, on what it needs to better understand unidentified flying objects from a scientific point of view. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
August celebrates two “supermoons.” The first – the Sturgeon Moon – appeared over the mountains south of Princeton August 1 and was captured by well-known local shutterbug John Moody. According to the Farmer’s Almanac the Sturgeon Moon is so named to honour the giant Sturgeon fish, which can be traced back 132 million years and is sometimes called ‘the fossil fish.’ On August 30 stargazers will be treated to the second supermoon, the Blue Moon.

Rare blue supermoon brightens the night sky this week in the closest full moon of the year

Stargazers are in for a double treat this week: a rare blue…

August celebrates two “supermoons.” The first – the Sturgeon Moon – appeared over the mountains south of Princeton August 1 and was captured by well-known local shutterbug John Moody. According to the Farmer’s Almanac the Sturgeon Moon is so named to honour the giant Sturgeon fish, which can be traced back 132 million years and is sometimes called ‘the fossil fish.’ On August 30 stargazers will be treated to the second supermoon, the Blue Moon.
FILE - A commercial airliner flies Northwest across Lake Michigan in front of the “Full Buck” supermoon, the first of four supermoons in 2023, July 3, 2023, in Chicago. The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons. Catch the first show Tuesday night, Aug. 2, as the full moon rises in the southeast. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun

The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair…

FILE - A commercial airliner flies Northwest across Lake Michigan in front of the “Full Buck” supermoon, the first of four supermoons in 2023, July 3, 2023, in Chicago. The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons. Catch the first show Tuesday night, Aug. 2, as the full moon rises in the southeast. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
This December 14, 2018 handout image shows the asteroid Bennu in a composite of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s PolyCam imager from a distance of 24 kilometres. A group of Canadian scientists are eagerly awaiting delivery of samples from the asteroid collected nearly half-a-million kilometres from Earth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Canadian scientists await first look at bits from asteroid Bennu

A Canadian-built set of lasers helped guide OSIRIS to its destination and produced a relief map

This December 14, 2018 handout image shows the asteroid Bennu in a composite of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s PolyCam imager from a distance of 24 kilometres. A group of Canadian scientists are eagerly awaiting delivery of samples from the asteroid collected nearly half-a-million kilometres from Earth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
FILE- Indians cheer as they watch the on screen the lift off of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, will blaze its way to the far side of the moon on Friday, July 14, 2023, a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to achieve a soft landing and roving on the lunar surface. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Crowds cheer as India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole

An Indian spacecraft blazed its way toward the far side of the…

FILE- Indians cheer as they watch the on screen the lift off of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, will blaze its way to the far side of the moon on Friday, July 14, 2023, a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to achieve a soft landing and roving on the lunar surface. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
Chris Hadfield says he’s been working with King Charles on a space sustainability plan called the Astra Carta. Hadfield attends the Canada’s Walk of Fame event in Toronto on Saturday, November 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Astronaut Chris Hadfield working with King Charles on ‘Astra Carta’

Space sustainability plan aims to guide human activity in off-planet places

Chris Hadfield says he’s been working with King Charles on a space sustainability plan called the Astra Carta. Hadfield attends the Canada’s Walk of Fame event in Toronto on Saturday, November 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
The two CHORD telescopes are tiny compared to the larger Synthesis Telescopes (right) and CHIME (left) radio telescopes they will eventually assist and replace at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory. 512 of the new telescopes will be built at the facility in Kaleden to help better probe the secrets of the universe. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

From beyond the galaxy: Okanagan’s CHIME telescope picks up more distant signals

Recent signals are extra-galactic, coming from beyond the Milky Way

The two CHORD telescopes are tiny compared to the larger Synthesis Telescopes (right) and CHIME (left) radio telescopes they will eventually assist and replace at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory. 512 of the new telescopes will be built at the facility in Kaleden to help better probe the secrets of the universe. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)