STARLab News Archive
CTV National: Manitoba researchers, Indigenous group to develop lunar satellite
November 26, 2025 —
CTV National spoke to Phil Ferguson, Rocket scientist, and Canada Research Chair about UM's STARLab team developing a CubeSat to orbit the moon, map its surface, and collect data, marking the first Canadian-made satellite to do so.
Research and International
Undergraduate researcher explores Arctic engineering innovation
September 19, 2025 —
Not many undergraduate students can say they spent their summer designing helium drone airships, assessing the density of whale blubber and figuring out how to effectively spin satellites in magnetic liquid
Research and International
The Free Press: Nation building needs research — not just infrastructure
September 15, 2025 —
Living through the second Trump administration as a Canadian has been likened, by one commentator, to a teenager being kicked out of the house.
Price Faculty of Engineering
CBC Manitoba: NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon
August 12, 2025 —
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon
Price Faculty of Engineering
The Canadian Press: Cost of Canada joining Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown
May 23, 2025 —
Cost of Canada joining Trump's Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown
Price Faculty of Engineering
CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba engineer helping to build alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink
March 26, 2025 —
Manitoba engineer helping to build alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink
Price Faculty of Engineering
The Associated Press: Microsatellite Project to Monitor Objects in Space Over Canada, South Pole
October 10, 2024 —
Microsatellite Project to Monitor Objects in Space Over Canada, South Pole