Evaluation of Human Space Missions and International Space Station Utilization

This report covers the findings of the evaluation of sub-program 1.2.3. Human Space Missions and Support and sub-sub-program 1.2.1.2. International Space Station Utilization (hereinafter called the "program"), implemented by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the period from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2018. In 1985, the Canadian Space Station Program began when Prime Minister Brian Mulroney accepted the invitation by President of the United States Ronald Reagan to participate in the multilateral program to develop and build the International Space Station (ISS). The initial partners were the United States (leader), Canada, Europe (represented by the European Space Agency (ESA)) and Japan. An intergovernmental agreement (IGA agreementFootnote 1) was signed in 1988, and updated to include Russia in 1998. Assembly in orbit began in 1998 and was completed in 2011. Canada contributed in the form of robotic infrastructure equipment, the Mobile Servicing System (MSS), for which Canada must support operation, provide training for team members to operate it, and pay its part of the common operating costs of the systems. From the beginning of the ISS to 2017, Canada has contributed…

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Canadian Space Agency

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2024-11-20