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Director at Canadensys Aerospace Corp. Former Director General, Space
Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency. Still exploring.
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
After 25 years, the ‘ISS has encompassed a massive block of space history’
www.thespacereview.com/article/5092/1
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Is it just me? The center of mass of Blue Moon Mk 1 is a bit high.
jatan.space/moon-monday-...
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Brings back memories of the European Space Agency’s Hermes, my first program at the Canadian Space Agency, with Canada providing the flight simulator.
(See the 🇨🇦flag on the fuselage?)

spacenews.com/does-europe-... spacenews.com/does-europe-...
September 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Canadensys was awarded a contract by the International Lunar Observatory Association to design and build the instrument suite for their flagship ILO-1 mission, a ground-breaking observatory to be deployed near the lunar south pole in 2027.
www.canadensys.com/canadensys-s...
September 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reflections on the future of exploration in an AI-enhanced era.

www.thespacereview.com/article/5054/1
September 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Canada’s extreme off road vehicle.

www.autotrader.ca/editorial/20...
August 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We are happy to announce our collaboration with @KSAT_Kongsberg, We selected this global leader to provide Ground Station services for the Lunar Rover Mission that Canadensys is developing for the Canadian Space Agency.
See our joint News Release canadensys.com/?p=1561 for more information.
May 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Nature Magazine: These are the most-cited research papers of all time

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
NOAA forecasters are predicting a strong geomagnetic storm on March 23rd when a coronal mass event is expected to reach Earth

www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g3-stro...
March 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
@NASA opens a competition to design a Mascot / zero g indicator for the Artemis 2 Mission

www.nasa.gov/news-release...
March 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
First IM-2 mission images from Athena taken by Canadensys cameras on her way to the Moon. The lunar camera team at Canadensys Aerospace Corporation is very proud of these initial IM-2 mission images!
 
Photo credit: Intuitive Machines using Canadensys cameras
February 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Sputnik moment, Moon Shot, Failure to launch, Not Rocket Science, Light years ahead, Houston we have a problem … Space has definitely entered our vocabulary.
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
ESA’s Report on the Space Economy (and a glimpse of Canada’s place in space in 2023)
@europeanspaceagency

space-economy.esa.int/documents/b6...
January 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Canadensys has delivered dozens of our programable NISA lunar cameras to customers around the world. Nine Canadensys cameras are already on the lunar surface, and another forty are manifested on various upcoming lunar missions.
December 23, 2024 at 11:15 PM
The lunar economy in question
www.thespacereview.com/article/4898/1
November 26, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Athabasca, Courage, Glacier or Pol-R?
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/can...
November 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM
The Space Review: Starships and space policy.

« I’m still known as the person who was the most disruptive transition team ever at NASA. I’m not going to hold that record any more. »
- Lori Garver

www.thespacereview.com/article/4895/1
November 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
AI takes aim at tedious tasks in government contracting
spacenews.com/ai-takes-aim...
November 15, 2024 at 2:18 PM
69% of Americans consider it essential for their country to be a leader in space exploration.

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/07/20/americans-views-of-space-u-s-role-nasa-priorities-and-impact-of-private-companies/
July 23, 2023 at 11:57 PM
Here’s What the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Recovery Will Look Like https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/
July 23, 2023 at 11:55 PM
Today in 1994, STS-65 started a 15-day mission. The International Microgravity Laboratory involved scientists from Europe, Canada and Japan. 🇨🇦 experiments focused on studying effects of microgravity on the spine. During the mission, CSA astronaut Marc Garneau became the 1st non-American CapCom.
July 8, 2023 at 5:14 PM