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Roger De Abreu with a model of the satellites that he helped develop.
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Earth & Environment

Canada as never seen before: The new RADARSAT Constellation Mission

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Dec 5, 2019
Canada's RADARSAT program has a long history, going back to experimenting with radar sensors onboard the Convair 580 aircraft, which is now in the collection of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
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Agriculture
Food
Space

3 things you should know — December edition

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Dec 4, 2019
In the December column, we dig into the science of beer, offer tips for viewing the Geminids meteor shower, and bust myths about alcohol in hot drinks.
One of the very few Airways Airway microcars made, San Diego, California. Anon., “Voiture légère.” Photo-Journal, 29 December 1949, 48.
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Aviation

An Airway for the freeway: Theodore Parsons Hall and his microcar – and his flying car too

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Dec 2, 2019
Good morning, my slightly masochistic reading friend. It is with pleasure that I welcome you to the world of aviation and space and, perhaps even more so, of the automobile. Our topic of the week appeared at the turn of a page of Photo-Journal . More exactly, a page from the 29 December 1949 edition of this Montréal, Québec, weekly, which we all know and love. The caption of the photograph containing only a minimum of information, yours truly had to invent the rest. Sorry. I’m joking. I did / do
Julie-France Czapla with a model of a McDonnell Mercury space capsule. Anon. “Partout – Julie-France choisit Anik.” La Patrie, 23 November 1969, 15.
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Space

A satellite called Trudeau, Satty Chatty, Rendez-vous, or… Anik

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Nov 25, 2019
Hello, dzień dobry and ublaahatsiatkut. I hope that the stars are favorable to you, my reading friend, and I use this expression knowing full well that astrology is a pseudoscience without any real foundation. Would you like to know all the data with which I started writing this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee? Wunderbar. Allow me to quote the legend of the photograph above, in translation, extracted from the 23 November 1969 issue of the weekly, earlier on daily, La Patrie of Montréal,
The Dairy Barn at the Central Experimental Farm in 1894. It is now part of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.
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Agriculture

Historic barns bring architecture to life for students

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Nov 18, 2019
The Central Experimental Farm (CEF) in Ottawa is known for agricultural ingenuity and scientific discovery, as a national historic site and urban greenspace, and for being the home of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. Architecture, however, is not typically the first thing people associate with this agricultural oasis in Ottawa.
Jacques Lebrun. Claude Asselin, “Selon le professeur Jacques Lebrun ‘Les lunautes peuvent comme à la maison, se raser en caleçon.’” Photo-Journal, from 17 to 23 November 1969, 7.
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Space

Sing us a song, you’re the weatherman: Jacques Lebrun and the conquest of space

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Nov 18, 2019
As was said (typed?) by a somewhat reckless individual, namely moi, while it is true that working for an institution such as the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, can sometimes be difficult, it is also true that the resources and treasures it preserves are unmatched in this country. Yours truly has dug in these resources on many occasions over the past 3 decades. I will not do so today, my reading friend. You see, today’s topic has little to do with aviation. I know. I too
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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

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