Canada in Space

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Canada in Space
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1839

• The first magnetic observatory
• Sir Edward Sabine U. Toronto
• Studied the Northern Lights

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1953 - Avro Arrow Program

• Supersonic, missile armed inceptor aircraft.
• Designed to intercept delivery of nuclear weapons
  by Soviet Union following WWII
• Political issues change from Liberals to
  Conservatives (money issues)
• Program was cancelled, prototype destroyed

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1959

• CF-105 Avro Arrow is cancelled
• Many Canadian aerospace engineers work with NASA
• Contributed to Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo
  programs

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1959

• Black Brant 1
• Class sounding rocket (payload research
  instruments)
• Built by Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• Launched from Fort Churchill, Manitoba
• Sub-orbital short durations (17 minuts)

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BLACK BRANT

• Designed by Albertan Albert Fia
• Over 800 launched world wide
• Still in use

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• The Aurora borealis (Northern Lights) interferes
  with telecommunications of this rocket
• Sounding rockets are still used by CSA and NASA
  in sub-orbital missions

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1962

• Canada was the 3rd country in space!!!!
• Satellite Alouette1 launched on Sept. 29, 1962

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• Launched by NASA at Pacific Missile Range,
  Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
• Studied the ionosphere (upper atmosphere)
• Lasted for 10 years before it was turned off

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1969

• Canadian Owen Maynard involved in the development
  of the Lunar module Eagle (used in NASA Apollo
  missions).
• Designed the landing gear necessary for the first
  walk on the moon

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1972

• Telesat Canada (satellite communications company)
  launches Anik A1
• Worlds first national satellite television
  system
• CBC could now reach the Canadian North
• Geostationary satellite located at Equator

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• Geostationary orbits
• Cause a satellite to appear stationary with
  respect to a fixed point on the rotating Earth.
• Allows an antenna to point in a fixed direction
  and maintain a link with the satellite.

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1981

• Canadarm (Shuttle Remote Manipulator System)
  launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia mission
  STS-2

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• Most famous robotic and technological
  achievement.
• Marks beginning of collaboration with NASA in
  manned space flight.
• Used for
• capturing and repairing satellites
• moving cargo and astronauts in space

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1984

• October 5, 1984 Marc Garneau
• first Canadian in space aboard Challenger Mission
  STS-41G

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• He conducted 10 experiments in 3 main categories
  space technology, space science and life sciences
• He returned to space in 1996 and 2000 before
  becoming president of CSA
• In 2000 he installs the Space Stations solar
  arrays (power for the station)

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1989

• The Canadian Space Agency is created

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• Mandate
• To promote the peaceful use and development of
  space, to advance the knowledge of space through
  science and to ensure that space science and
  technology provide social and economic benefits
  for Canadians

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HAS THAT HAPPENED???
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1992

• Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman
  in space aboard Discovery mission STS-42

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• One of 6 original astronauts selected in December
  1983
• Performed life science and material science
  experiments
• Is a neurologist and researcher

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1995

• Chris Hadfield becomes the first Canadian to
  operate the Canadarm and only Canadian to board
  MIR (Russian Space Station)

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1995

• First complete view of Canada compiled using
  RADARSAT-1
• RADARSAT-1 is Canadas first Earth observation
  satellite

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• Launched Nov. 4, 1995
• Developed by Canada to monitor environmental
  changes and natural resources
• Able to acquire images of Earth day and night and
  in all weather

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1996

• Robert Thirsk flies aboard the longest shuttle
  mission to date

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• Orbits 271
• Duration 16 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 30
  seconds.
• Distance 7 million miles
• Spacecraft Columbia
• 43 international experiments to study life and
  materials
• Investigated changes in plants, animals, and
  humans under space flight conditions

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1997

• Bjarni Tryggvason flies aboard Discovery mission
  STS-85
• Tests Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount
  (Canadian built improves the microgravity
  environment for experiments/experimenters in
  space)

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• Experience has shown that spacecraft, such as the
  Russian Mir space station and the US Space
  Shuttle, do not provide the high-quality
  microgravity environment required for many
  science experiments. There are numerous causes
  for this deviation from the ideal "free-fall"
  environment such as the operation of on-board
  equipment (pumps, fans, thrusters, etc.), the
  movement of astronauts within the spacecraft, and
  variations in orbital characteristics such as
  atmospheric drag. While these disturbances are
  usually small and are most often not even felt by
  the astronauts, they can nonetheless have
  undesirable effects on space-based experiments.
  This is particularly significant for a large
  class of materials science experiments that
  involve fluid or vapour phases.
• The Microgravity Isolation Mount (MIM) is a
  unique Canadian development that improves the
  microgravity environment for experimenters who
  use spacecraft such as Mir or the Space Shuttle.
  The MIM uses the principle of magnetic levitation
  to isolate experiments from the vibrations of the
  spacecraft. The MIM consists of three major
  components a stator fixed to the spacecraft, a
  flotor which floats without contact relative to
  the fixed stator and a control unit which houses
  the brains of the system. Experiments are mounted
  on the MIM flotor and are controlled by the MIM
  control unit.
• First MIM was sent to MIR

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1998

• Dave Williams becomes the first non-American to
  serve as medical officer on a Shuttle Flight

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• In June 1992 the Canadian Space Agency selected
  Williams as one of four successful candidates
  from a field of 5330 applicants to begin
  astronaut training.

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1999

• Julie Payette is the first Canadian to board the
  International Space Station

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• Chief astronaut for CSA 2000-2007
• Logged over 465 hours in space
• May 27 to June 6, 1999 as a crewmember of STS-96.
  During the mission, the crew performed the first
  manual docking of the Shuttle to the
  International Space Station (ISS), and delivered
  four tons of supplies to the Station. Ms. Payette
  served as a mission specialist, was responsible
  for the Station systems, supervised the space
  walk and operated the Canadarm robotic arm. The
  STS-96 mission was accomplished in 153 orbits of
  the Earth, traveling more than six million
  kilometers in 9 days, 19 hours and 13 minutes.
  Ms. Payette was the first Canadian to participate
  in an ISS assembly mission and to board the Space
  Station.

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2001

• Chris Hadfield is the first Canadian to walk in
  space
• Canadarm 2 was installed during this mission

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• Canadarm 2 Bigger, Smarter, and more grown-up
  version of the shuttles robotic arm
• Special purpose dexterous manipulator- Dexter
• Without Canadian robotics the ISS could not have
  been built
• This contribution guarantees Canada a minimum of
  one 3-month stay on the station every three years
  and allows access to the Stations research
  facilities

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• The Mobile Servicing System (MSS), better known
  by its primary component Canadarm2, is a robotic
  system and associated equipment on the
  International Space Station. It plays a key role
  in station assembly and maintenance moving
  equipment and supplies around the station,
  supporting astronauts working in space, and
  servicing instruments and other payloads attached
  to the space station. Astronauts receive
  specialized training to enable them to perform
  these functions with the various systems.
• The MSS is composed of the actual arm called
  Space Station Remote Manipulator (SSRMS), the
  Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS) and the
  Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM also
  known as Dextre or Canada hand).

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2003

• The Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars
  telescope (MOST) is launched
• Canadas first space telescope and the Worlds
  smallest
• Like an interstellar
• IPod (uses sounds
• to locate stars)

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• Carried aboard a Russian rocket
• Ultra-high-precision photometry
• Measurement of brightness variations
• Remains focused on a target for up to 2 months
  without interruption
• Optical telescope with a 15cm collecting mirror
• Housed in a suitcase sized microsatellite.
  Powered by solar panels

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2003

• Canadas Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment aboard
  the Scientific Satellite SCISAT is launched
• SCISAT studies the depletion of the Ozone layer
  over Canada and the arctic

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2009

• July 15
• Julie Payette and Robert Thirsk are part of the
  largest gathering of humans in space (13) from
  USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, and Belgium
• September 30
• Guy Laliberté (poker player/entrepreneur) is the
  first Canadian space tourist
• Spent 12 days in space
• Cost 20-35 million dollars (US)

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• Task
• Create a poster/biography on a Candian
  Astronaught.
• Include
• Full name and rank (if appropriate)
• Personal data
• Education
• Experience
• Space Experience