University of Winnipeg

Published purpose

The Thirteenth Canada/Norway Student Sounding Rocket (CaNoRock-13) : is a collaboration between the Andøya Rocket Center and seven Canadian and Norwegian Universities. The Canadian Space Agency's contribution will offer to ten Canadian students a hands-on training involving rocket activities, thus motivating them to pursue graduate study or a career in the aerospace industry. To date, eleven students sounding rocket campaigns have trained 101 Canadian undergraduate students. Canadian Alumni who participated in those campaigns show unprecedented high interest in the aerospace industry and graduate study, some having been employed by companies in the space industry.