Space exploration

Resources

Earth vs. Mars

Grade

6, 9

Learn about the characteristics of the Earth and Mars, two planets in our Solar System.

Thomas Graham

Job Title

Professor

Thomas Graham is a Professor at the University of Guelph.

Image showing the physics of flight on a drone.

Resources on Physics and Aerospace

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to physics and aerospace.

Exploration of the Planets in the Solar System

Learn about how spacecraft have helped us learn about our Solar System.

Meet Our Dwarf Planets

Learn about the dwarf planets in our Solar System.

Student drawn postcard representing habitation spheres on an extra-terrestrial planet.

Send a Postcard to Space

Send a postcard to space and back thanks to a partnership with Club for the Future. The Club’s mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in STEM and help visualize the future of life in space. This page describes the project and how to get your postcards to space.

Testing of the Boeing Starliner spacesuit

Testing Spacesuit Material

Learn about a new material for spacesuits and the engineer who designed it.

How can we land a model space probe?

Design and build a model space probe.

Jamie Sevigny

Job Title

Management Engineer

Jamie Sevigny is a Management Engineer for the Canadian Space Agency.

Astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques

Space Videos

Why a Trip to Outer Space Could Be Bad for Your Bones

Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.

Living Space

An artist’s impression of a habitable exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star

Searching for exoplanets around the star next door

In planetary science, astronomers have found planets that orbit other stars, just like Earth orbits the Sun. Some of them might even be able to support life.

Former Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk enjoys cycling on board the ISS

Spaceflight and Bone Loss

Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.

Radiation shielding garment on the International Space Station

Radiation and Human Space Exploration

One of the greatest hazards that humans in space face is cosmic radiation. Learn what cosmic radiation is, why it's dangerous, and ways that we are looking at protecting humans in deep space.

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