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Online Resources for Science at Home

Spark the imaginations of curious minds with these at-home activities!

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Open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Thursday to Monday

11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, ON

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Events

Prepare for holiday lift-off at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Dec 1, 2021 - Jan 10, 2022

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Ingenium Members Shopping Week

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Dec 4, 2021 - Dec 12, 2021

10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Various products at the Museum boutique such as telescopes

Sky Stuff: Zoom to the Moon

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Dec 11, 2021 - Dec 12, 2021

English session Saturday at 10 a.m. | French session Sunday at 10 a.m.

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Exhibitions

Eyes on the Skies: Managing Air Traffic in Canada

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

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Canada in Space

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

Text on image: Canada in Space

Main Exhibition Hall

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

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Programs & Resources

Collection highlights

Educational Programs

Library and Archives

Collection Highlights

Lockheed CC-130E Hercules

Artifact no.: 2016.0005

Lockheed CC-130E Hercules

A heavy-duty transport aircraft designed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for the United States Air Force (USAF) in the early 1950s.

From the Channel

The Douglas DC-8 jetliner of Canadian Pacific Airlines Limited of Vancouver, British Columbia, known as Empress of Montreal. Anon., “Empress of Montreal DC-8 First CPA Jet Visitor.” The Gazette, 6 December 1961, 17.

An article whose punchline I am reluctant to divulge so early in the game: Or, A speedy DC used by CP

Rénald Fortier

True or false, my reading friend, the Franco-British Aérospatiale / British Aircraft Concorde was the first airliner to break the sound barrier. The answer to that ToF is… False. Yes, false. The Concorde was not even the second airliner to break the sound barrier. Nay. That honour belonged / belongs

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Gingerbread art launches the holiday season at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

The United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar cargo plane borrowed by Iron Ore Company of Canada Incorporated in 1951. Anon., “Fret aérien – L’opération Ungava – Le fret aérien accélère l’application d’un projet. » Interavia, December 1951, 672.

“In the interests of national security”: The role played by a United States Air Force Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar cargo plane in the development of the Knob Lake region’s iron ore deposits

Rénald Fortier

Greetings, my reading friend, and grab a seat. I will be right with you. Creating a philosopher’s stone is no easy matter, especially when people keep interrupting. Just ask Nicolas Flamel, the Potterian one, not the real one who was a public writer, copyist and sworn bookseller. Not an alchemist

Projects & Initiatives

Learn more about Astrophysics from Home
Astrophysics from Home: Monitoring a Variable Star

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The Legacy Series

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