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Life in space Science in weightlessness

Space travel can be dizzying

Canadian medical experiments study the effects of weightlessness

During a welcome-home ceremony in Houston, Texas, just after returning from a gruelling 12-day construction mission to the International Space Station in September 2006, astronaut Heidemarie Piper suddenly fainted. Luckily, her crewmates, including Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean, were there to help her recover.

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Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer at work onboard the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA)


Feature articles

Interviews
Interviews with scientists, engineers and researchers who are passionate about theirwork
Space Stories
Discover the causes of some amazing phenomena through Canadian space science experiments
Canadian Space History
The story of Canada and space goes back over 40 years.



eOSTEO: Canadian space research: Getting down to the bone with eOSTEO
The SCCO experiment will make it easier to determine the quantity and quality of crude oil in a given well-without even breaking ground.
FUSE: Illuminating some mysteries of the cosmos
SWIFT: A SWIFT eye on winds in the upper atmosphere
ETON: The ETON Rocket Campaign 25th Anniversary Workshop
THEMIS: the stakeout for northern lights in the Canadian tundra


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For researchers in all disciplines of space science.
Scholarships in various space science disciplines.

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