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SPACE-TECH STARTUP MISSION CONTROL SHOOTS FOR THE MOON (AND MARS) WITH FUNDING FROM GREENSKY – BetaKit
By Josh Scott – BetaKit.com Mission Control’s customers have included the Canadian Space Agency, NASA, and MDA. Ottawa-based software startup Mission Control wants to make it easier for other players to explore […]
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GreenSky Ventures leads Mission Control’s $3.25M Equity Seed Round
Mission Control, a Canadian startup that develops software for Earth, Moon and Mars, today announced the initial close of a $3.25M seed round of equity financing led by Toronto-based GreenSky […]
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Artemis II crew visits Canada
On April 24th, 2023, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his Artemis II crewmates arrived in Ottawa to welcoming arms. Their visit began with a trip to the Canadian […]
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Ottawa Founders: Ewan Reid leads Mission Control into ‘next wave of human discovery and advancement’
Ottawa Business Journal – Suzanne Grant In December 2022, a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying Mission Control’s artificial intelligence payload, MoonNet. Although that specific landing […]
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Canadian space technology firm still has sights set on moon after Japanese lander crash
The National Post – Chris Knight Mission Control CEO Ewan Reid says the failed landing was less a setback than a missed opportunity, and vows to keep flying When the […]
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Mission Control Climbs Aboard ESA’s OPS-SAT Operations
Artificial intelligence (AI), in the form of deep neural networks, is a key enabler for space mission autonomy, performance, and functionality. For remote sensing satellites neural networks are well-suited to […]
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Mission Control at IAC 2021 in Dubai, UAE
Mission Control is proud to participate in the Emirates Lunar Mission launching to the Moon next year. ELM will include one of the first commercial micro-rovers to the Moon, and […]
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Mission Control Participates in Live PR Event with Minister Champagne, CSA President Lisa Campbell, and Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques
Last week, Mission Control was thrilled to participate in the live announcement made by Minister Champagne that Canada would be sending a micro-rover to the Moon! The event featured CSA […]
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Announcement: Mission Control receives $3.04 contribution from Canadian Space Agency to demonstrate technology on the Moon
Mission Control Space Services Inc. (Mission Control) is pleased to announce that it is poised to open an exciting new chapter in Canadian space exploration thanks to a $3.04M contribution […]
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Reach for the Moon – Video Contest
Are you a Grade 8-12 student in Canada or India? We have an exciting opportunity for you! If you have ever wanted to learn to drive a rover on the […]
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Bringing the Moon to Earth
A Guest Blog by Braden Stefanuk Braden is an MASc student at Concordia University and is working with Mission Control as a Robotics and Machine Learning Specialist. In the Fall […]
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Announcement: Mission Control Awarded $1.2M to develop Payload Data Management System for Commercial Lunar Missions
Mission Control is pleased to announce a $1.16M contribution award from the Canadian Space Agency’s Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program to develop and commercialize a novel computing system for Lunar missions! […]