Astromenu Contest

On May 27, Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk will blast off on a Soyuz rocket headed for the International Space Station. To carry out his mission successfully, he will need all his strength, which means he'll have to eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly. To help out Bob, the Canadian Space Agency invites students to enter a cosmic contest!
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Bodies In the Space Environment (BISE) - Which way is up in space?

To learn more about how astronauts perceive up and down in microgravity, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is sponsoring a study called BISE (Bodies in the Space Environment) which will be partially conducted by Canadian astronaut Dr. Bob Thirsk during Canada's upcoming Expedition 20/21launching in May 2009.
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Secret Starlight: The BLAST Balloon-Borne Telescope Uncovers Half the Universe's Hidden Light

Astronomers working on BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope) study have determined that dust-enshrouded galaxies several billion light years away hide about half of the starlight in the Universe from Earth's view.
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Events of interest

SCISAT Team Wins the Alouette Award
May 6, 2009

Announcement of the final selection of the two new Canadian astronauts
May 13, 2009

Launch of Herschel and Planck
Scheduled for May 14, 2009

Cosmic Quest at the Canada Science and Technology Museum
May 20, 2009

Expedition 20/21
Scheduled for May 27, 2009

Canadian Space Agency travelling exhibitions

• The Conquest of Space in Images
  At the Calgary Science Centre, TELUS World of Science
  May 11 to September 4, 2009
  
  
• Canada's Stellar Space Achievements
  At the London Regional Children's Museum
  Until May 24, 2009
  
  And, at Canada South Science City
  May 31 to August 30, 2009.

CASC 2009 Annual Conference
June 4-6, 2009

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