The mission also has partnered the school with universities in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland as well as the Canadian Space Agency.

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W. MacDonald Evans, head of the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal, has 15 ISU grads on his payroll and an open checkbook for more.

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Astronauts Kevin Ford and Tom Marshburn of NASA and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency will answer questions and provide insights about life aboard the station.

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The Canadian Space Agency lent Finarelli a desk in its Washington office, where she will concentrate on drumming up more funds from government sources, corporations and graduates.

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"The high-level positions within space organizations will gradually be replaced by ISU alumni, " predicts Alain Berinstain, 31, an alumnus who's a project manager for the Canadian Space Agency.

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The Canadian Space Agency is on the verge of making the Star Trek Medical Tricorder a reality with the Microflow, a medical scanner that's currently in development.

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The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will work with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to examine the medical issues associated with spaceflight and connect them to issues facing regular people on the ground.

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