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the astronauts of Shuttle Columbia retrieve the Long duration Exposure facility that was left in orbit for nearly six years Four days into mission STS-32
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Roberta Bondar is selected to be payload specialist on mission STS-42
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Canada donates 15 million dollars towards an American telescope (FUSE)
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On the second day of mission STS-31, The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed out of discoverys cargo bay
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The high Flux Telescope is launched beyond earths orbit for the first time
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Memorandum of Understanding is signed detailing space cooperation between Canada and Russia.
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Bill C-16 that officially establishes the Canadian Space Agency in the Government of Canada is passed.
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Telesat Mobile of Ottawa and American Mobile Satellite Corporation of Washington, D.C., award a contract to a team formed by Spar Aerospace (now MDA) and Hughes Aircraft of El Segundo, California, to build two MSAT mobile communications satellites.
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The federal government awards a $195-million Phase C contract to Spar Aerospace (now MDA)
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Anik E2 communications satellite is launched by an Ariane 44P rocket.
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During mission STS-37, the 17-ton Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (GRO) is deployed out of Atlantis' cargo bay, with the help of the Canadarm, used for the 23rd time on a space shuttle mission.
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Launch of ERS-1, the first European Earth Observation satellite.
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Space Shuttle Discovery lifts-off for mission STS-48 and the deployment in a 57-degree-inclination orbit of the UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite), the first spacecraft of NASA's Mission To Planet Earth program.
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Anik E1 is launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on an Ariane 44P rocket.
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The 42nd Annual Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) takes place in Montreal
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The Canadian Space Agency launches a campaign to hire a second corps of astronauts.
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Astronaut Roberta Bondar becomes the second Canadian, and first Canadian woman, in space aboard Discovery (STS-42)