Space Exploration
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An Introduction to Robotics
Learn some key concepts about robotics, robot technology and artificial intelligence.
International Space Station
Learn about the International Space Station, located 400 kilometres above the earth and the result of an unprecedented international collaboration effort on the most ambitious engineering project ever undertaken.
Mars, the Fascinating Red Planet
Explore Mars! Read about science on Mars and find information on past and future research missions.
MD Robotics and ROSA (Remote Operation with Supervised Autonomy)
Find out about Canadian technology that uses an intelligent understanding of visual information to enable autonomous servicing of space vehicles.
Space Exploration
Learn about the Space Exploration Program, which is striving to answer many questions, such as whether or not there is life in the Solar System other than that found on Earth, and what can be learned about Earth by with knowledge of the atmospheres of other planets.
Space Exploration - Information for Teachers
Find lesson plans, student activities and links related to space exploration. Access registration information for the Canada Science and Technology Museum’s “Space Exploration” program.
Space Exploration: Planetary Atmospheres, Magnetospheres, Ionospheres
Read about Canadian projects to study the atmospheres, magnetospheres, and ionospheres of other planets in the solar system, an area of science in which Canada is significantly involved.
Space Exploration: Solar System Small Bodies
Read about the projects and people involved in the detection and identification of near-Earth objects such as asteroids
Space Exploration: Solid Planetology
Discover how Canadian scientists are attempting to reconstruct the history of planets through observations of the record left at the surface, as well as through instruments designed to tell us more about what lies below their surfaces.