Dr. David Naylor (physics and astronomy, Institute for Space Imaging Science) has been appointed by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to the Joint Committee on Space Astronomy.

This six-panel committee advises the CSA on which space astronomy missions the CSA should become involved with. The committee recently approved continued participation in the JAXA/ESA SPICA mission, for which Naylor is the Canadian lead until the end of 2011.

The U of L is unique in that it is the lead Canadian institution on two international space missions, including a significant contribution to the imaging equipment aboard the Herschel Space Telescope, which Naylor was privileged to see launched last year.

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