The 10-day mission involves sling-shotting into deep space for a figure-8 manoeuvre around the dark side of the moon. If it is successful, Artemis II will mark the first time any human has ventured so far from Earth.
Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Marc Garneau is resigning after 15 years in politics in order to fulfil a promise to spend more time with his family.
"There's always lessons to be learned," the prime minister told reporters in Stanley Bridge, P.E.I., where a massive storm surge and hurricane-force winds upended buildings and tossed fishing boats onto the shore.
A former Canadian Space Agency engineer who allegedly used his position to act on behalf of a Chinese company was the subject of a warning from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service as early as 2015, according to recently released court documents.
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is scheduled to perform his first spacewalk next Monday, April 9, 2019, venturing outside the International Space Station alongside NASA colleague Anne McClain.
Canada will be a partner in a NASA-led project to establish an outpost for lunar exploration as part of a revitalized national space program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday, February 28, 2019.
As proof that life as an astronaut isn't always glamorous, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' duties aboard the International Space Station recently included fixing a leaking space toilet, according to NASA.
