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Industry Minister James Moore is expected to flesh out details of Canada’s new space plan on Friday, which could eventually see Canadian hardware and possibly even a Canadian bound for the moon.

Mr. Moore, whose office is promising “an important announcement about Canada’s future in space,” will be flanked at Friday’s announcement by Canadian Space Agency president Walter Natynczyk and the country’s two current astronauts, Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques.

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The minister has been promising to firm up the foundation of Canada’s foundering space program, which has been under review for years and which has seen the Canadian space agency hit hard by budget cuts.

And he may elaborate on whether Canada will be heading to the moon and beyond.

Canada has been invited to join a NASA-led Resource Prospector Mission in 2018 to scout for water and minerals on the moon. And CSA’s recent contracts indicate it may be a go.