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  NASA tests robotic ice-breaking prototypes for missions to ocean worlds

  April 10, 2017 by Staff These robotic systems would face cryogenic temperatures and rugged terrain and have to meet strict planetary protection requirements.

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  Rocket company comes one step closer to launching people into space

  October 6, 2016 by Marcia Dunn, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Origin, led by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, successfully tested the escape system of its space capsule in remote west Texas.

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  NASA chooses six companies to develop deep space habitat prototypes

  August 15, 2016 by Staff These partners have approximately 24 months to develop ground prototypes that will be safe for humans to live on a journey to Mars.

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  Canadian robotics moon-ward bound

  August 26, 2013 by Canadian Press Ambitious space plan could mean first Canuck moonwalker in the next 15 years.

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  Canadian Space Agency unveils space rover fleet

  October 22, 2012 by Canadian Press NASA considering half dozen CSA rover prototypes for future Lunar and Martian missions.

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  Alcan alloys selected for the next-gen spacecraft

  January 17, 2010 by DE staff Aluminium-lithium (Al-Li) 2195 and Al-Li 2050 to be used for structural components on Orion crew exploration vehicle.

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  Actually, It is Rocket Science

  December 10, 2009 by Mike McLeod RF generators by Nova Scotia's Nautel Ltd. help bring interplanetary travel within reach.

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  Calian Receives European Space Agency Contract

  November 16, 2009 by DE staff System Engineering Division to develop third deep-space communication system worth $39 million.

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  The Sky’s No Limit

  September 12, 2009 by Treena Hein Magenn Power's floating MARS turbine brings wind power generation down to Earth

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  Size Matters

  May 12, 2009 by Mike McLeod Designing the Thirty Meter Telescope, the world's largest, poses significant challenges for Canadian and US astronomers and engineers but success may well reveal some of the universe's longest held secrets.

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