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Canadian astronaut Dr. David Saint-Jacques's flight suit is a focal piece in the exhibit Health in Space

Health in Space: Daring to Explore

Astronauts share their first-hand experiences that reveal how Canada has contributed to advancing our understanding of health in space. 

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Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday to Monday
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Rocket Adventures

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DateMay 6, 2023 - May 28, 2023
TimeSaturdays and Sundays only
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DateOct 14, 2022 - Sep 4, 2023
TimeAvailable year-round, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Health in Space: Daring to Explore

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Canada in Space

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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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The great adventure of a fictional Québec pilot and amateur spy hunter who confronted an equally fictional Communist bad hombre at the dawn of a very real Cold War: The Julien Gagnon comic strip by Rémy / Normand Hudon

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Hi, how are you, my reading friend? Yours truly is delighted to see (read?) that you are doing reasonably well. I too am doing reasonably well. However, I must admit that my old bones would feel a tad better if the federal, provincial and territorial governments of Canada got with the program and
The one and only Rohr M.O.1 Midnight Oiler before the installation of its definitive nose section and forward horizontal stabiliser, Chula Vista, California. Anon., “Private Flying – ‘Midnight Oiler’ Radical Design Lightplane is Built by Rohr.” Aviation News, 1 July 1946, 15.
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Burning the midnight oil to reach for the sky and roar: The all too brief saga of the Rohr M.O.1 Midnight Oiler light / private plane

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Apr 23, 2023
Top of the morning to you, my reading friend. At the risk of repeating myself, yours truly will readily admit that I have had, have and will presumably continue to have a strong affinity toward the unusual, the strange, the odd looking, etc. Juggling that fact while balancing a wish to commemorate
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3 Things you should know about how native bees are important pollinators, how saliva is used to clean artifacts, and active volcanism on Venus

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Apr 18, 2023
Collectively, our experts explain how saliva is an effective cleaning agent for art and artifacts, how wild native bees are essential for pollination, and how evidence of volcanic activity has been found on the planet Venus.
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About Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Located on a former military air base just five kilometers from the Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum focuses on aviation in Canada within an international context – from its beginnings in 1909 to today.
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