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The Polar Continental Shelf Program offers logistical support for leading-edge
research in the Canadian Arctic with 639 projects supported between 2019-2022. The
following report gives an overview of the projects undertaken and highlights the
fieldwork our team conducted by the
T-MARS project
team on Axel Heiberg Island in 2022 (p. 52).
Link to the report
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Canadian Arctic rocks and life on Mars
June 13, 2024
What can rocks from the Canadian Arctic tell us about life on Mars? How can the
study of terrestrial environments impact space exploration? In an article produced
by Futurum Careers, Éloïse Brassard discusses her research in geomatics applied to
geology and space exploration.
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A NASA hackathon at UdeS
June 11, 2024
Professor Myriam Lemelin has registered as the local coordinator for the NASA
International Space Apps Challenge which will take place on October 5 and 6,
2024.
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Professor Myriam Lemelin's team attended the Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference (LPSC) from March 11 to 15, 2024, in Houston. The conference has been
a key focal point for lunar and planetary scientific research since its beggining
in 1970.
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A group of experts from Polytechnique Montréal's seven departments, as well as
external members from the Canadian Space Agency, Canadensys Aerospace, NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), AECOM, MDA, and Professor Myriam Lemelin of the Canada
Research Chair in Northern and Planetary Geology at the Université de
Sherbrooke, founded ASTROLITH in early 2024. ASTROLITH is a research unit in
resource and space infrastructure engineering, the first to be dedicated to the
development of lunar engineering in Canada.
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First scientific meeting: Future Canadian lunar rover
December 6, 2023
The first scientific meeting for the future Canadian Lunar Rover Mission was held
on November 20 and 21 at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Professor Myriam Lemelin
is Associate Principal Investigator for the mission and Principal Investigator for
the Lyman-Alpha imaging instrument. Students Samuel Bouffard, Benoît DesRochers and
Frédéric Diotte also took part in the meeting for their contributions to
characterizing the lunar south pole where the future Canadian rover will land.
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Gaëlle Belleau-Magnat shines at GIS Day 2023
November 20, 2023
Geomatics Day (GIS Day) was held on Wednesday November 15 at Bishop's University.
The event attracted some thirty participants in the afternoon and evening. Gaëlle
Belleau-Magnat, a Master's student in Geomatics, won second prize in the “My Project
in 180 Seconds” competition, in which she had to explain her research project in
three minutes flat.
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From September 23 to 30, 2023, Frédéric Diotte, a PhD student in remote sensing,
participated in the field and research program on volcanism at the Lunar and
Planetary Institute in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
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Alex Camon has joined the prestigious scientific exploration program at the Lunar
and Planetary Institute, in collaboration with NASA in Houston (USA). For ten weeks,
a team of five graduate students from different universities worked on the thirteen
candidate regions of the Artemis mission.
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A team from the Geomatics Department in Houston
March 20, 2023
Professor Myriam Lemelin's team attended the Lunar and Planetary Science
Conference (LPSC) in Houston from March 13 to 17, 2023. Six students from the
Applied Geomatics Department presented their research projects and discussed them
with Canadian astronauts Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques.
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First Canadian rover to explore the Moon
November 15, 2022
Myriam Lemelin will be the principal investigator for all the science surrounding
the Lyman-Alpha Imager (LAIPI). This instrument will make it possible to determine
with greater certainty the presence of water ice on the Moon's surface. It will
measure the reflectance of the lunar surface from weak sunlight (or starlight) at
121.6 nm. At this wavelength, water ice has a lower reflectivity than the lunar
soil.
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When she was little, Éloïse used to collect rocks she found beautiful. While she
still collects them today, it’s for a completely different reason. The master's
student recently traveled to Nunavut to collect soil samples for the T-MARS research
project.
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Similarities between the Arctic and Mars? Yes! Éloïse Brassard, a pre-doctoral
student in applied geomatics (Faculty of Arts and Humanities), highlighted the
gossans in yellow-orange on a satellite image of Axel Heiberg Island in Nunavut
Discover Éloïse's double award-winning image
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Discover Éloïse's double award-winning image
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After Apollo: “appearing” air on the Moon
February 10, 2022
When packing your bags, have you ever left shampoo and soap behind, because you
were counting on finding some at your destination? NASA is counting on Myriam
Lemelin to help its astronauts find air on the Moon. Drawing on her expertise,
Myriam is supporting two of the ten robotic missions currently planned for the
Artemis program, including VIPER. All are aimed at characterizing the lunar surface
or testing new technologies, in preparation for the return of humans.
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When Myriam reaches for the moon
June 9, 2021
The last mission to bring humans to the Moon was Apollo 17, in 1972. Myriam
Lemelin hadn't even been born yet. The next time we set foot on the Moon, in five
years' time, it will be the start of a new era, and Myriam is already part of the
adventure.
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From environmental problems to space exploration missions: Myriam Lemelin's
background is surprising. It was while studying geospatial data that the applied
geomatics professor discovered the potential of these tools in a planetary science
context. As her research progressed, she came to understand that environmental
issues on Earth are inextricably linked to everything we observe on other planets.
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Towards a better understanding of the soil composition and properties of future
terrestrial and space exploration targets: Professor Myriam Lemelin launches her
research chair with $500,000 over five years.
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