Canadian Space Agency closing Ottawa spacecraft lab
The David Florida Laboratory in west Ottawa develops space technology including projects for the International Space Station, Canadarm and James Webb telescope. It will close at the end of March 2025.
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![The Fine Guidance Sensor for the James Webb Space Telescope at the David Florida Laboratory in 2009. A group of people in lab coats and hairnets look over a piece of space equipment in a lab.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7130860.1709307427!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/david-florida-laboratory-ottawa.jpg)
The David Florida Laboratory in west Ottawa develops space technology including projects for the International Space Station, Canadarm and James Webb telescope. It will close at the end of March 2025.