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NASA, eh? Reflecting on Canada’s contribution to Apollo 11

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Jul 17, 2019
The story of how Canadian engineers from Avro went to work for NASA after the Arrow program was cancelled, and helped put a man on the moon.
Beth Ross posing for a photographer as she cleaned up the main fragment of the Dresden chondrite in front of the office of The Dresden News. Anon., “Adding lustre to meteor that startled a province.” Toronto Daily Star, 13 July 1939, 1.
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Space

The art of the deal in rural Ontario; or, The unhappy tale of the Dresden chondrite

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Jul 15, 2019
And yes, my reading friend, the topic we will explore in this week’s issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee is astronomical in nature. To paraphrase the lead singer of the American new wave band Talking Heads, in its 1981 hit Once in a lifetime , you may ask yourself why this is so. Well, one could argue that astronomy falls within the mandate of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario. I am not part of this hypothetical “one” – of course. At least not officially. So, let’s talk
Gérard Duquette, foreman at Héroux Incorporée, on the right, with many family members and 2 of his workers, 20 July 1969. Roger Nadeau, “Les ouvriers de la Héroux ont tressailli de joie en voyant le LEM sur la Lune.” Le Petit Journal, 27 July 1969, 4.
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Aviation

Did you know that the Eagle landed on the Moon on legs made in Québec?

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Jul 9, 2019
Grab a chair, or a beanbag, my reading friend. While it is true that we are not in Longueuil, Québec, in July 1969, waiting for a human being to set foot on the Moon, we nonetheless have the right to have a little comfort. Let us start our weekly peroration with a review of the situation. The photo above was / is from the 27 July 1969 issue of the weekly Le Petit Journal of Montréal, Québec, a publication gone for many years now. Let us continue our peroration with the question you probably
Photograph showing a number of the aircraft and panels within the updated exhibition area.
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Exhibitions

Behind the scenes: Updates to the First World War exhibition area

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Jul 8, 2019
How does museum staff decide which exhibition to update next? Which basic changes can make an exhibition more inviting and insightful for today’s visitors? Take a behind-the-scenes look at how the Canada Aviation and Space Museum team planned its recent updates to the First World War area.
Rob Bell and Tyya Strutt share their award-winning 2019 Defining Moments Canada project: “The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Changing the Future through History – The defining Moments” on May 11, 2019, at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Photo by Sonia Mendes, Ingenium Canada.
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Medicine

Young students bring forgotten stories of the Spanish flu back to life

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Jul 5, 2019
Through her school’s award-winning history project on the Spanish Flu pandemic, 11-year-old Tyya Strutt learned a somber truth. “Most people who die in times of terrible events or peril are never remembered, especially if they are children,” says Strutt. “But this is not right."
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3 things you should know

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Jul 2, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Kyrke Gaudreau. This all-star trio works as Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their area of expertise. For the July edition, they tackled how blockchain
Canadian engineer Owen Eugene Maynard with a model of the Convair Atlas launch vehicle topped by a McDonnell Mercury space capsule, 1962. Roger Nadeau, “Une foule de techniciens canadiens ont pris part au vol d’Apollo 11.” Le Petit Journal, 20 July 1969, 4.
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The little guy from Sarnia who put the first human on the Moon

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Jul 2, 2019
If I may be permitted to paraphrase Lawrence Henry Gowan, a Scottish Canadian singer, Homo sapiens is a strange animal. Our history can be the best of times. It can also be the worst of times, if I may paraphrase Charles John Huffam Dickens. All of this to say (type?) that July 2019 was / is quite the month from an anniversarial point of view. Fifty years ago this month, a human, 2 humans actually, set foot on an extraterrestrial body. And what a body! The Moon, to paraphrase the title of a 1966

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