Home
Organization
Calendar
Calendar 2000-06
Submit Event
Event Search
Calendar 2007
Calendar 2008
Locations by Year
Education
Information
How to Help
Affiliates
Products
Photos
Contacts
WSW-Logo-Color-No-Text White Background
Canada 2001

World Space Week 2001 Report

The Space for Species project was officially launched at the Canada and the World Pavilion in Ottawa on October 9, 2001. Space for Species is a unique educational program that enables students, especially those from Grade 6 to 9, to monitor migratory species and their habitats from beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Developed by the Canadian Space Agency, the Canadian Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Canada's Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, and the Canadian Wildlife Service, Space for Species is a Web-based learning experience that brings science and technology to life in your classroom.

Space for Species Information: http://www.space.gc.ca/kidspace/2-sp_projects/space/default.asp

Under the umbrella of the CSA Continuous Improvement Program, the Space System's Division organised an open house for CSA employees on Friday 12 October 2001 (first scheduled for Oct. 9 I believe) featuring its involvement in the International Space Station Program. The day was kicked off with a bilingual presentation by Mr. Alain Dubeau, Program Manager of the Mobile Servicing System, who gave an update on the Space Station program, the Canardarm2 and the remaining elements of the Mobile Servicing System. Employees and contractors were then invited to participate in one of twelve one-hour guided tours which took them behind the doors of various facilities and simulators which are normally of a restricted access: 

  • The Payload Tele-science Operations Centre from where Canadian experiments on the ISS are monitored;
  • The Multi-Media Learning Centre where astronauts and cosmonauts receive Mobile Servicing Systems training;
  • The Space Opererations Support Centre which supports Canadarm2 operations on orbit;
  • The MSS Operation and Training Simulator on which astronauts and cosmonauts learn to fly Canadarm2; and
  • The Engineering Support Centre where the performance of Canadarm2 is monitored.

At each stop, experts explained the various activities taking place in their facility. The highlight of the tour was a special 30-minute visit in the MOTS simulator where training is provided on Canadarm2 and other components of the Mobile Space System. Some visitors had the unique opportunity to operate Canadarm2 on this state-of-the-art simulators. The one-hour tour concluded with a question and answer period with an operations engineering manager of Space Systems. To underscore this special occasion, a new poster showing Canadarm2 attached to the Space Station was given away to visitors.

From October 9-11, the Network Ground Stations Workshop took place at the CSA headquarters in collaboration with Radarsat International (RSI) to highlight: 

  • Collaboration with RSI
  • Collaboration with the ground stations for the RADARSAT program
  • Importance and abilities of the 14 network stations

Also, CSA Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield participated in events in Paris from Oct. 5-8.

contact us

Copyright ©2000-2008 World Space Week Association. All rights reserved.