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An drawing of students looking through a telescope and discussing different names for an exoplanet
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Article
Space

Canada’s Name the Exoplanet Contest!

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Nov 14, 2019
Scientists have discovered thousands of planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, aka exoplanets. Most of those planets have boring names consisting of letters and numbers that keep track of the star catalogue in which they are listed. Take, for example, planet HD 136418b . The "HD" refers to the Henry Draper Catalogue, the "136418" means the planet orbits the 136,418th star in the catalogue, and the "b" refers to it being the first planet discovered around that star (they don't use "a" because
A cartoon image of an astronaut standing on the surface of Enceladus looking at a water geyser.
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Blog
Space
Sports & Gaming

Astronaut fantasies are part of my job description

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Nov 12, 2019
As the Science Advisor for the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, I get to work on some really fun projects. Recently, I helped out with the science behind a space-themed video game we just released on the Nintendo Switch called StarBlox Inc (you didn’t know that museums made video games? We do! We’re cool like that...check out our games and apps ).
One of the earliest examples of the Let L-13 Blaník glider. Anon., “Flying newsreels,” Flying, November 1959, 48.
Article
Aviation

That’s me on the left, or, How would you feel about a few words on the flying Cadillac of Czechoslovakia, the Let L-13 Blaník glider?

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Nov 12, 2019
With your permission, my reading friend, I would like to begin our expedition to the wonderful world of aviation and space with a question. Do the first words of the title of this week’s article ring a bell? No? That’s no big deal. Let me enlighten you by mentioning a series of Canadian novels which appeared between 1962 and 2005. Known as the Bandy Papers , these books related / relate the adventures and misadventures of Ontario’s Bartholomew Wolfe Bandy. A gifted if accident prone fighter
The first Jurca MJ-7 Gnatsum, Edmonton, Alberta. Anon. “Aeronews.” Air Progress, November 1969, 21.
Article
Aviation

You say Mustang, I say Gnatsum: Christopher Barnard Falconar and another giant leap for homebuilding in Canada

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Nov 5, 2019
Hi, hello. How are you on this November day? Having stumbled (Ouch. Sorry.) on the photograph above while I was exploring the November 1969 issue of the American magazine Air Progress , I had the idea to write (talk?) to you about a very important personality in the Canadian homebuilder / amateur aircraft making community who lived in Edmonton, Alberta. An avid model maker during his youth, Christopher Barnard “Chris” Falconar was born in 1927. He began his career in aeronautics towards the end
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Earth & Environment
Food
Space
Blog

3 things you should know — November edition

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Nov 4, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to our three museums — the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. In this colourful monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the November edition, they took a closer
Proudly at the wheel of his Austin Pathfinder pedal car, Ian Cooks is asking a bus driver for street information, Taunton, England. Anon., “La puce de la route.” Photo-Journal, 17 November 1949, 9.
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Aviation

Austin is today’s best long term investment because you get so much more in an Austin: The saga of the Pathfinder and J40 pedal cars

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Nov 1, 2019
Good morning to you, my reading friend, and no, the name of the bipedal creatures native to the icy planet Hoth that were used by the rebel alliance in the 1983 movie Return of the Jedi was not taunton. It was tauntaun. To lead you back to the path that leads to enlightenment and joy, yours truly would like to quote the caption which accompanied the photograph found in the 17 November 1949 issue of the Montréal, Québec, weekly Photo-Journal :
A black-and-white image of William George Barker in a German aircraft, which was allegedly captured in one of his last battles. Circa 1919
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Military

Honouring the brave: William George Barker was Canada’s most decorated serviceman

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Oct 31, 2019
Regarded as one of Canada’s most impressive airmen of all time, William George Barker is credited with 50 total victories.

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