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Health & Wellness

3 things you should know about COVID-19

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For the April edition, our science advisors focused on COVID-19: how plant biotechnology may be key to finding a vaccine, precautions being taken by astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS), and useful tips for finding reliable information online.

From left to right, Boum-Boum, Ba-Ba and Bi-Bi, in other words the Lunours. Anon., “Toute la vérité sur la soucoupe de St-Bruno – Un coup monté de $100,000.” Photo-Journal, 23 February to 1 March 1970, 1.

Social Science & Culture

We are Bi Bi Ba Ba Boum Boum: The saga of the Lunours

Rénald Fortier

Did you know, my reading friend who likes to keep abreast of what is going on this planet of mad / insane people called Earth, that a flying saucer landed, at sunrise, near the monastery of the Collège Mont-Saint-Gabriel, in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, on 22 February 1970? Yes, yes, a real flying saucer. With 3 crew members. This landing caused quite a stir among the population of the place. Lady Rumour had a field day. More than one person wondered in fact if nasty sea, sorry, alien

Frances Marian “Poppy” Northcutt in one of the space exhibits of the Palais de la Découverte, a science centre in Paris, France, not Texas. Anon., “Astronautique – ‘Poppy’ à Paris.” Aviation Magazine International, 15 to 31 March 1970, 42.

Her parents find her job exciting, but they would like her to marry: Frances Marian “Poppy” Northcutt at NASA and beyond

Rénald Fortier

Howdy, my reading friend, and how are things in your corner of this flat, sorry, circular planetary body we call Earth – which is kind of funny given that most of Earth is made of rock, much of which is molten, but I digress. Today’s peroration is brought to you by the 15 to 31 March 1970 issue of Aviation Magazine international, a French bimonthly magazine yours truly discovered around… 1970, when I was barely in my teens – and had plenty of short hair on my noggin. The article in this very

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3 things you should know — February edition

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific 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 colourful monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the February edition, our science advisors

Charles Aznavour with the Beehoo / Magna Amphicat all-terrain vehicle he was examining, Montréal, Québec. His daughter Seda is near him. Suzanne Piuze, “Aznavour m’a dit…” La Patrie, 25 January 1970, 20.

I would love to own one; on my boat, that would be dandy: The off road journey of the Beehoo / Magna Amphicat

Rénald Fortier

As a greeting, my reading friend, I make you the solemn promise to be brief, at least for this week. Let us begin our peroration, dare I say (type?) pontification, with a visit to the second edition of the Salon (international?) de l’Auto, held at Place Bonaventure, in Montréal, Québec, from 15 to 25 January 1970. One of the many, many visitors at this event was none other than Charles Aznavour, born Shahnourh Varinag Aznavourian. This world famous French author composer interpreter, actor and

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Earth & Environment

3 things you should know — January edition

The lunar habitat imagined by Rocco G. “Roy” Scarfo. Anon., “C’est écrit dans le ciel.” La Patrie du dimanche, 24 January 1960, 6.

He was one of the greats: Rocco G. “Roy” Scarfo, space artist, and the world beyond tomorrow

Rénald Fortier

Space, the final frontier. A catchy opening for this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee, don’t you think? This expression known to so many, or so few, is also very appropriate given that the individual at the heart of said issue was truly one the great space artists of the 20th century. Before we get there, yours truly would like to quote the caption of the photograph I found in the 24 January 1960 issue of the Montréal, Québec, weekly, La Patrie du dimanche. And there it is, in translation

Some actresses and actors who contributed to the success of the Québec science fiction television series Opération-Mystère, 1958. From left to right, Luce Guilbeault, Marcel Cabay, Georges Groulx, Louise Marleau and Hervé Brousseau. Société Radio-Canada.

Social Science & Culture

Opération-Mystère, a television series which answered the needs of the sputnik and flying saucer generation

Rénald Fortier

Good morning, and ... What is it I hear? You want to know the names of the characters played by the actresses and actors visible in the photograph above? Am I not entitled to a small hello? Sigh. Know then, my slightly overenthusiastic reading friend, that said actresses and actors played the following characters in the Québec science fiction television series Opération-Mystère: - Luce Guilbeault, Cellamare, an extraterrestrial, - Marcel Cabay, Professor Narthon and Arsène, 2 naughty and kind

A poster for the Japanese science fiction film Uchû Daisensô

Social Science & Culture

Uchû Daisensô, or, A battle in outer space from the land of the rising Sun

Rénald Fortier

Kon’nichiwa and hello, my diligent reading friend, yours truly hopes that life is treating you well. As the year of space which 2019 was slowly comes to a close, it occurred to me that a final look at a space movie, a Japanese space movie, Uchû Daisensô to be more precise, might be of interest. Mind you, I also thought / hoped that this topic would not turn into one of my typical how-to-be-brief-in-222-volumes textravanganzas. To my great chagrin, I soon discovered that translations of Japanese

Roger De Abreu with a model of the satellites that he helped develop.

Earth & Environment

Canada as never seen before: The new RADARSAT Constellation Mission