Something You Didn’t Know About Canada

Newfoundland Left its Mark on Mars

Commander Hadfield educated and entertained us from space, but Canada’s reach into space extends further than the International Space Station. There is a crater on Mars that has been named for the town of Gander, Newfoundland. The 39-km (diameter) crater was dedicated to Gander in 1991 because of the town’s history of pioneering aviation and aerospace technologies.

 

 

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