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School Programs

In-person and virtual school programs help ingenuity take flight.

A tiny stylized yellow airplane flies across the sky, towards the right. It leaves a solid line behind it, which curves a few times through the space underneath. Below, realistic white clouds stand out against a dark blue background.

Eyes on the Skies

Explore how air traffic is managed in Canada at our new exhibit!

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Events

Help Name an Exoplanet!

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

An artist's impression of an exoplanet seen from the surface of its moon, with the Sun in the background

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Exhibitions

Eyes on the Skies: Managing Air Traffic in Canada

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Exhibition Type

Permanent Exhibition

A tiny stylized yellow airplane flies across the sky, towards the right. It leaves a solid line behind it, which curves a few times through the space underneath. Below, realistic white clouds stand out against a dark blue background.

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

the main exhibition hall at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

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Programs & Resources

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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

Artist’s impression of the Canadian satellite Alouette in orbit above Canada. National Film Board, Photostory 288: Canadian Scientists Keep Pace with Space, NFB62-5961.

Alouette, gentille alouette, Alouette, je te lancerai; Or, How the Cold War propelled Canada into space via the Alouette satellite, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello again, my reading friend. Let us begin at the beginning. Do you know what yours truly is going to discuss with you? About the first Canadian satellite, you say? Right answer. Let us continue. The launch of said satellite, Alouette, of course, late in the evening of 28 September 1962 (local

The Thor-Agena rocket which put the Canadian satellite Alouette into orbit, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Anon., “Alouette’ Working Perfectly – First Canadian Satellite in Orbit.” The Montreal Star, 29 September 1962, 1.

Alouette, gentille alouette, Alouette, je te lancerai; Or, How the Cold War propelled Canada into space via the Alouette satellite, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome aboard our special spatial ship, my reading friend. Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Thunderbirds are go! If you do not recognise the opening sequence of every episode of the British television series Thunderbirds, launched in September 1965, then there are serious gaps in your knowledge of the

Two of the engineers who made the Alouette satellite a success: Colin A. Franklin (left) and John N. Barry, Ottawa, Ontario. Anon., “Many ‘Firsts’ for Canadian Satellite – Alouette Sports New Space Advances.” The Montreal Star, 22 September 1962, 43.

Alouette, gentille alouette, Alouette, je te lancerai; Or, How the Cold War propelled Canada into space via the Alouette satellite, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Did you know that the Canadian space program was a creature of the Cold War? Yes, yes, a creature of the Cold War between the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and their allies / satellites, Canada and Poland for example. A slightly delicate question if I may. In your

Projects & Initiatives

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

Learn more about the Legacy Series
The Legacy Series

3 posters from the Women in STEM series
Website: Women in STEM