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COVID Update

The museums are reopening to the public! Advance tickets required.

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Winterlude

Join in the winter fun with activities from home!

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A Time to Remember

Veterans’ Week (November 5–11, 2020) offers a special time to reflect, remember, and appreciate the service of Canadians in the military.

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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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One Membership, Three Museums

An Ingenium membership opens the door to discovery at all three of Canada’s museums of science and innovation!

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A woman holding a child, each wearing a mask. In the background, you can see museum exhibitions in soft focus.

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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.

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From the Channel
An advertisement from Équipements Ascot Incorporée of Saint-Élie-d’Orford, Québec, extolling the merits of the UTB U530 tractor. Anon. “Advertising – Équipements Ascot Incorporée.” Le Bulletin des agriculteurs, February 1981, 28.
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Agriculture

They shall beat their wings into plowshares; or, A brief look at the Romanian government firm Uzina Tractorul Braşov

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Feb 21, 2021
Salut ce mai faci? Personally, I am well – given the circumstances. As you may have guessed, expert linguist that you are, my reading friend, the subject of our blog / bulletin / thingee article is both agricultural and Romanian in nature. Would you also believe that this tiny nature is also
An editorial cartoon highlighting the launch of the Soviet planetary probe Venera 1 in February 1961. Edmund Alexander Sebestyen, “To Venus With Love.” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 14 February 1961, 4.
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Space

Trying to lift the veils under which Venus hid itself from our gaze: The saga of the Soviet planetary probe Venera 1

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Feb 14, 2021
It just occurred to me that our blog / bulletin / thingee had not reached for the stars for some / many weeks. The Canada Aviation and Space Museum being what it is, this failing on my part must be rectified. Honour demands no less. Humour demands no less either. And yes, this will be the second
A six-wheeled rover is stationary on a light-coloured landscape. At the centre of the rover, a camera is mounted on top of a mast. A robotic arm is outstretched in front, and an instrument head at the end of the arm rests just above a rock.
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Aviation

Perseverance rover to land on Mars in search of life

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Feb 11, 2021
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is scheduled to land later this month with an ambitious mission: to search for signs of past life.
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Astrophysics from Home: Monitoring a Variable Star


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