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July-August 2006 
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steve MacLean Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean flies into space again

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Steve MacLean will embark on his second space voyage during mission STS-115 on Space Shuttle Atlantis destined for the International Space Station and scheduled for launch August 27, 2006.

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Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-121) SPACE ODYSSEY: The Canadian Adventure Beta Pictoris Space Awareness
Return to Flight 2: Mission STS-121 successfully completed Canadian Space Agency contributes to new Space Odyssey exhibition Carbon bath for a baby solar system Space Awareness and Events of Interest

Space Shuttle Discovery with its seven-member crew visited the International Space Station July 4 to 17, 2006. Canada played a critical role by providing an extended inspection boom and a 3-D laser camera which were used to examine the outer surfaces and tiles of the space shuttle.

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To learn about space history from a Canadian point of view, space fans, aficionados and novices alike, will be attending the new space exhibition Space Odyssey: The Canadian Adventure. The exhibit runs June 2006 till February 2007 at the historical museum La Pulperie in Chicoutimi, Quebec

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Great quantities of carbon gas around a distant star named Beta Pictoris were recently discovered by scientists using NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) to which Canada contributed sensor instruments.

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The Canadian Space Agency's fifth annual Educator Conference
August 8 to 10, 2006

Canadian attends the NASA Academy

Canadian astronaut Dr. Dave Williams shares NEEMO 9 experience

Two Canadian Educators Return from "Mars"

Tremblant Beneath the Stars
August 11 and 12, 2006

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Updated: 2006/08/11 Important Notices