Here is a list of sources on Canadian Spaceflight History by Chris Gainor, the author of Canada in Space: The People & Stories Behind Canada's Role in the Exploration of Space, and Arrows to the Moon, which tells the story of the Canadian and British engineers from Avro Canada who made a big contribution to all of NASA's human space projects. This page lists internet and book sources on Canadian spaceflight history.
For more information on the subjects referred to on this page, please see the Canadian Spaceflight History web page. Watch this web page for more sources and links in the future. Click here for information and sources on the Avro Arrow.
The website for the Canadian Space Agency contains a wealth of information about today's Canadian space program and its history, including the Canadian Astronaut Program, the Canadarm, Canadarm2, and satellites from Alouette to RADARSAT. Information on current and past U.S. space flights, including shuttle flights carrying Canadians, is available from the NASA Human Spaceflight website.
The Canadian Space Society website outlines the activities of Canada's space advocacy group and contains many links to corporations in the space business, and to space agencies. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, with 28 groups across Canada, is Canada's top astronomical organization. Information is available here.
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates is Canada's largest space contractor and is a leading Canadian information systems firm. A division of MDA is the manufacturer of Canadarm and Canadarm2. Images from Canada's RADARSAT satellite are available from MDA Geospatial Services. The website of Telesat provides information on Canada's domestic communications satellites. A major space contractor based in Canada is Com Dev International, whose space division makes instruments for a large variety of space vehicles. Bristol Aerospace of Winnipeg is prime contractor on Canada's science satellite, SCISAT, and makes Black Brant sounding rockets and other aerospace products. MOST, which is also known as the Humble Space Telescope, carries on important astronomical research.
Teams from around the world are competing for the X Prize, which opens the way to private space travel and tourism. The two teams from Canada in this competition are the Canadian Arrow team and the Da Vinci Project.
Bondar, Barbara, and Roberta Bondar. On The Shuttle: Eight Days in Space. Toronto: Maple Tree Press, 1995.
Bondar, Roberta. Touching the Earth. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1994.
Dixon, Joan. Roberta Bondar: The Exceptional Achievements of Canada's First Woman Astronaut. Canmore, Alberta: Altitude Publishing Canada Ltd., 2004.
Dotto, Lydia. Canada in Space. Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1987.
Dotto, Lydia. The Astronauts: Canada's Voyageurs in Space. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing Co., 1993.
Gainor, Chris. Canada In Space: The People & Stories Behind Canada's Role in the Exploration of Space. Edmonton: Folklore Publishing, 2006.
Godefroy, Andrew B. Defence and Discovery: Canada's Military Space Program, 1945-74. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011.
Harz, Theodore R. and Irvine Paghis. Spacebound. Ottawa: Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Supply and Services Canada, 1982.
Jelly, Doris H. Canada: 25 Years in Space. Montreal: Polyscience Publications Inc., 1988.
Kirton, John, ed. Canada, the United States, and Space. Toronto: Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1986.
Mayer, Roy. Scientific Canadian: Invention and Innovation from Canada's National Research Council. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 1999.
Melady, John. Canadians in Space: The Forever Frontier. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009.
Milberry, Larry. Air Transport in Canada. Toronto: Canav Books, 1997.
Robert, Olivier-Louis. La cité dans les étoiles. Ottawa: Éditions Pierre Tisseyre, 2001.
Shepherd, Gordon, and Agnes Kruchio. Canada's Fifty Years in Space. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books, 2008.
Trump, Christopher G. Space. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987.
Avro Engineers at NASA
Gainor, Chris. Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race. Burlington, Ontario: Apogee Books, 2001.
Dethloff, Henry C. Suddenly Tomorrow Came..., A History of the Johnson Space Center. Houston, Texas: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1993.
Murray, Charles and Catherine Bly Cox. Apollo: The Race to the Moon. New York: Simon and Shuster, 1989.
Dr. Gerald Bull
Adams, James. Bull's Eye: The Assassination and Life of Supergun Inventor Gerald Bull. New York: Times Books, 1992.
Grant, Dale. Wilderness of Mirrors: The Life of Gerald Bull. Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-Hall Canada Ltd., 1991.
Lowther, Wiliam. Arms and the Man: Dr. Gerald Bull, Iraq and the Supergun. Toronto: Seal Books, 1991.
Cosmos 954 Recovery Operation
Heaps, Leo. Operation Morning Light: Terror in the Skies, the True Story of Cosmos 954. New York and London: Paddington Press Ltd., 1978.
Morrison, C.A. Voyage Into the Unknown: The Search and Recovery of Cosmos 954. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings Inc., 1983.
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