SpaceQ

SpaceQ Media Inc. is a privately owned company based in London, Ontario, that specializes in media and market intelligence. The company provides daily updates on Canadian and global space news, along with insights into market trends, technology, policy reports, and podcasts. Originally called SpaceRef Canada, SpaceQ was founded by Marc Boucher. It is connected to the SpaceRef network, which features several websites, including SpaceRef (USA), established in 1999, as well as NASA Watch and the Astrobiology Web, both of which began in 1996.

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Senator Ted Cruz looks to add $10B in NASA funding including for the Lunar Gateway

3 weeks ago | spaceq.ca | Marc Boucher

Yesterday the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee Senator Ted Cruz released his “legislative directives for Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill” which would add $9.995 billion in funding to NASA including the Lunar Gateway.
ESA is open to Canadian space companies and Canada reaffirms its commitment to cooperation

3 weeks ago | spaceq.ca | James Careless |Marc Boucher

The European Space Agency (ESA) sees Canadian space companies as worthy partners, and is happy to work with them. That was the message delivered by Eric Morel de Westgaver, the ESA’s Director of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs, during his keynote address at the Space Canada Horizons conference on June 4, 2025. According to Morel de Westgaver, the Canadian space sector has tremendous capabilities that ESA and its member nations are interested in.
MLS receives $10.5M tax credit for an additional small launcher launch pad

3 weeks ago | spaceq.ca | Marc Boucher

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) said today it would receive an additional $10.5M tax credit through the Province of Nova Scotia’s Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC) which will be used to build a second launch pad for small launch vehicles at Spaceport Nova Scotia. MLS said the “approval builds upon prior support from the Province under the CITC program.
Pioneer Marc Garneau passes away

3 weeks ago | spaceq.ca | Marc Boucher

Marc Garneau has passed away at the age of 76 after a brief battle with cancer according to a CBC report. Marc Garneau was a Naval Captain, pilot, astronaut, former President of the Canadian Space Agency, and cabinet minister. We’ll have more on this story and Marc Garneau’s remarkable life. Related Boucher is an entrepreneur, writer, editor & publisher.
Spaceport Nova Scotia to host two hypersonic launches in October

3 weeks ago | spaceq.ca | Marc Boucher

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) announced today that Dutch company T-Minus Engineering would perform two suborbital launches in October of its Barracuda hypersonic test platform from Spaceport Nova Scotia. The Barracuda was first revealed three years ago at the ESA PAC symposium. In a news release announcing the launches, MLS said that the “Barracuda rocket is a single-stage, solid-fuel suborbital vehicle that stands approximately 4 metres tall.
Spaceport Nova Scotia to host multiple suborbital launches this fall

4 weeks ago | spaceq.ca | Marc Boucher

In an update, Maritime Launch Services (MLS) said Spaceport Nova Scotia will host multiple suborbital launches this fall. While MLS CEO Steve Matier would not reveal as yet who will be launching from Spaceport Nova Scotia this fall, he did say one customer was not Canadian.
Sky Canada’s UAP Report Preview: How Canada Plans to Handle UFO Sightings Scientifically

1 month ago | spaceq.ca | Craig Bamford

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), generally better known as UFOs, or unidentified flying objects, have been a popular topic of speculation, theorizing, and speculative fiction throughout the 20th and 21st century. It has also led to no small number of public panics and misperceptions, however, over whether a particular aerial phenomenon is natural, extraterrestrial, or the work of some nefarious adversary.
Canadian entrepreneur Jesse Williams to take a ride on next New Shepard suborbital launch

1 month ago | spaceq.ca | Marc Boucher

The next Blue Origin flight of its crewed suborbital New Shepard spacecraft is now scheduled for Saturday, May 31 and will include Canadian entrepreneur Jesse Williams. NS-32 mission will include six crew members; Aymette Medina Jorge, Dr. Gretchen Green, Jaime Alemán, Mark Rocket, Paul Jeris along with Jesse Williams.
Novaspace publishes white paper on scaling up the Canadian space sector

1 month ago | spaceq.ca | Craig Bamford

Canada is taking steps to support its growing space sector, including Canadian Space Agency programs like the space technology development program (STDP) and the Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP), as well as space-focused accelerator programs like the Creative Destruction Lab’s Space Stream. This has led to a number of promising Canadian space startups across a variety of sectors.
New government, new mandate, same old space file?

1 month ago | spaceq.ca | Marc Boucher

The first session of the 45th Parliament gets underway today with the Liberal Party back in power with a surprising fourth minority government in a row. It wasn’t many months ago where all the polls had the Conservatives slated to win the next election, and quite possibly with a majority government. Then along came the election of Donald J.