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The months leading up to the launch of Axiom Mission 4, a private space flight to the International Space Station carrying four astronauts from four different countries, were filled with intense preparation at the company’s base in Houston. For the crew’s pilot, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the anticipation grew exponentially as …
Read More »Federal government’s effort to shed underused office space falling short, audit finds
A new report by Canada’s auditor general says the 10-year plan to cut federal government office space in half is not on track. One of eight performance audits released Tuesday morning by Auditor General Karen Hogan found the reduction effort launched in 2019 has only just begun, “mainly because of a lack of …
Read More »Unlike in 2002, Alberta won’t rely on federal prisons to free up space in Calgary jails for G7
Federal prisons won’t be used to house inmates displaced by the G7 summit in Alberta in June. The province says it doesn’t plan to manage its prison populations the same way it did the last time world leaders met in Kananaskis, Alta. In 2002, the Calgary Correctional Centre was cleared …
Read More »How space weather impacts us: A look at some of the worst solar storms in history
Last week, the sun spat out the strongest solar flare of the year so far, a burst of radiation and light that caused brief radio blackouts on the sunlit side of the Earth. Despite its impressive magnitude — the flare was an X-class, the most severe type of solar flare …
Read More »NASA faces cuts to rocket program and lunar space station in Trump’s 2026 budget
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA’s moon program in favour of commercial alternatives and his Mars-focused agenda, targeting an array of established projects in a proposed $6-billion US cut to the space agency’s overall budget for next year. The “skinny” — or outline — version …
Read More »JD Vance slams Denmark during visit to U.S. space base in Greenland
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance on Friday accused Denmark of not doing a good job keeping Greenland safe and suggested Washington would better protect the semi-autonomous Danish territory that President Donald Trump has pressed to take over. During a visit to the U.S. military base at Pituffik in the north of the Arctic …
Read More »Astronauts’ 9-month stay in space could help with healthier mission to Mars
As astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams get their land legs back on Earth, the effects of being stranded in space for nine months — and their recovery — will give scientists a chance to improve preparations for eventual, and even longer, space flights, say experts. NASA aims to send humans to Mars as early as …
Read More »NASA astronauts head home on SpaceX capsule after drawn-out International Space Station stay
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday morning in a SpaceX capsule for a long-awaited trip back to Earth, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a roughly week-long test mission. Wilmore and Williams, two veteran …
Read More »Space crew docks at ISS to replace 2 astronauts stranded for 9 months
A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked at the ISS just …
Read More »Feds looking for space to process potential influx of asylum seekers in Quebec
The federal government is looking to rent office space to help with processing asylum seekers who attempt to cross into Canada at the New York-Quebec border. Newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to deport millions of undocumented immigrants as president. On Monday, Trump signed a number of executive orders that amounted …
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