spaceleclerc
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Director at Canadensys Aerospace Corp. Former Director General, Space
Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency. Still exploring.
Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency. Still exploring.
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166 years ago, on the 2nd of January 1860, Urbain Le Verrier announced the discovery of the planet 'Vulcan' at the Académie des Sciences in Paris. He was awarded the Legion d'honneur. The existence of the planet was disproved after 1915 thanks to Einstein's theory of relativity. #otd #history 🗃️
January 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/w...
Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One
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December 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Before This Physicist Studied the Stars, He Was One www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/w...
Happy anniversary, Webb!
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Fly through Webb’s cosmic vistas
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December 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Happy anniversary, Webb!
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25 years of @Space_Station in 25 numbers, from space tourists to joints on @csa_asc Canadarm2.
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All you need to know about the International Space Station's 25 years in orbit
The International Space Station (ISS) is humanity's most expensive object and has been in orbit for 25 years. Read its fascinating history, told in 25 numbers.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
25 years of @Space_Station in 25 numbers, from space tourists to joints on @csa_asc Canadarm2.
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Series of views of the receding Earth taken by #Apollo8 astronauts during the translunar coast, including the first ever taken of the whole Earth in a single frame (third from left). December 21, 1968
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December 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Series of views of the receding Earth taken by #Apollo8 astronauts during the translunar coast, including the first ever taken of the whole Earth in a single frame (third from left). December 21, 1968
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« A wintery image: a red and white sphere that, if seen from a distance, resembles a festive decoration »
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Earth from Space: Manicouagan crater
This week Earth from Space features a wintery image: a red and white sphere that, if seen from a distance, resembles a festive decoration.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
« A wintery image: a red and white sphere that, if seen from a distance, resembles a festive decoration »
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Presidential Executive Order: Ensuring American Space Superiority
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Presidential Executive Order: Ensuring American Space Superiority
the White House just issued this Executive Order "Ensuring American Space Superiority".
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December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Presidential Executive Order: Ensuring American Space Superiority
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The National Space Council is Dead Again
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The National Space Council is Dead Again
he National Space Council is dead (again) per today's Executive Order
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December 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The National Space Council is Dead Again
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ESA's Proba-3 mission uses 🇨🇦 NGC Aerospace's advanced software for autonomous, ultra-precise formation flying of two satellites (an Occulter and a Coronagraph) to create artificial solar eclipses, enabling unprecedented study of the Sun's corona.
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Proba-3 fills the solar observation gap
It has been a busy year for the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission. The satellite duo has already created more than 50 artificial solar eclipses in orbit since the mission operations began less t...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
ESA's Proba-3 mission uses 🇨🇦 NGC Aerospace's advanced software for autonomous, ultra-precise formation flying of two satellites (an Occulter and a Coronagraph) to create artificial solar eclipses, enabling unprecedented study of the Sun's corona.
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John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92
John Noble Wilford, who died on Monday, wrote arguably the most memorable story on the most famous New York Times front page of all time. It started: Men have landed and walked on the moon.
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John Noble Wilford, who died on Monday, wrote arguably the most memorable story on the most famous New York Times front page of all time. It started: Men have landed and walked on the moon.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92
John Noble Wilford, who died on Monday, wrote arguably the most memorable story on the most famous New York Times front page of all time. It started: Men have landed and walked on the moon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/s...
John Noble Wilford, who died on Monday, wrote arguably the most memorable story on the most famous New York Times front page of all time. It started: Men have landed and walked on the moon.
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"The Ramses mission, to be built on a tight schedule to intercept the asteroid Apophis on its close encounter with Earth in 2029 is funded, and will help to prepare for future potentially hazardous asteroids."
Congratulations and good luck to everyone on the Ramses team!
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Congratulations and good luck to everyone on the Ramses team!
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ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"The Ramses mission, to be built on a tight schedule to intercept the asteroid Apophis on its close encounter with Earth in 2029 is funded, and will help to prepare for future potentially hazardous asteroids."
Congratulations and good luck to everyone on the Ramses team!
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Congratulations and good luck to everyone on the Ramses team!
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Canada has announced an additional $528.5 million investment in ESA programmes at #CM25.
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Canada Deepens Space Ties with Europe Through Historic Investment - Canada.ca
Today, at the SpaceBound 2025 Conference, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, made the historic announcement ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Canada has announced an additional $528.5 million investment in ESA programmes at #CM25.
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Montreal’s Yoshua Bengio becomes the first person to hit one million citations www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Godfather of AI’ becomes first person to hit one million citations
The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Montreal’s Yoshua Bengio becomes the first person to hit one million citations www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
After 25 years, the ‘ISS has encompassed a massive block of space history’
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#OTD 2️⃣5️⃣ years ago: 31 October 2000, launch of Expedition 1 and the first permanent crew to the International Space Station 🚀
Anyone born after this date has never known a day without a human presence in space... 🎂
Anyone born after this date has never known a day without a human presence in space... 🎂
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#OTD 2️⃣5️⃣ years ago: 31 October 2000, launch of Expedition 1 and the first permanent crew to the International Space Station 🚀
Anyone born after this date has never known a day without a human presence in space... 🎂
Anyone born after this date has never known a day without a human presence in space... 🎂
An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/s...
An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever
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October 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/s...
‘The Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Rover Mission will be the first-ever Canadian-led mission to the surface of another planetary body. Canadensys Aerospace Corporation leads the team designing and building this historic rover.’
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A new era of Lunar exploration: Canada is heading to the Moon
With Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen leading the way, Canada is heading to the Moon with humans and robots, as explained by Dr. Gordon Osinski
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October 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
‘The Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Rover Mission will be the first-ever Canadian-led mission to the surface of another planetary body. Canadensys Aerospace Corporation leads the team designing and building this historic rover.’
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Gotta love Canadians - this guy was greeting folks on the Halifax, Nova Scotia waterfront who were visiting from the US on cruise ships.
October 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Gotta love Canadians - this guy was greeting folks on the Halifax, Nova Scotia waterfront who were visiting from the US on cruise ships.
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Mathematicians Are Making Earth Based Telescopes Rival Space Observatories
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Mathematicians Are Making Earth Based Telescopes Rival Space Observatories
Earth's atmosphere has always been the enemy of ground based astronomy and don’t I know it. What would otherwise be crisp, clean datasets gets turned into blurry smudges. Space telescopes avoid the pr...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mathematicians Are Making Earth Based Telescopes Rival Space Observatories
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