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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 time), or early in the morning of 29 September (Ottawa, Ontario, time), from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, obviously did not go unnoticed. The leaders of the 4 political parties represented in

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 popular culture of the Cold War period. Period. And yes, that series was mentioned in September 2018 and March 2019 issues of our blog / bulletin / thingee. And yes again, yours truly remembers seeing

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. That Cold War had already chilled our ginormous blue marble for a good ten years when the USSR launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, in October 1957 – a small metal marble mentioned in moult issues of our blog / bulletin / thingee since

A spliced, three-part image features: a view of the Apollo 11 ascent module flying above the grey Moon on the left, honeybees on a honeycomb in the centre, and a hand holding a fanned-out deck of cards.

3 things you should know about how mathematics is used for space exploration, how honeybees are masters of geometry, and the uniqueness of a shuffled deck of cards.

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

For the September edition, we explain how mathematics is an indispensable tool for space exploration, how honeybees are masters of geometry, and about the unbelievable uniqueness of a shuffled deck of cards.

An American test firing of a Douglas M31 Honest John short range unguided ground to ground rocket. Anon., “Engins et missiles.” Aviation Magazine, 1 June 1959, 155.

It might not have changed history but would certainly have changed the geography: A brief yet frightening look at the Douglas M31 and M50 / MGR-1 Honest John short range unguided ground to ground rockets, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome to the second and final part of our tale of mass destruction, my reading friend. Said part will have for mandate the unveiling of certain aspects of the Canadian service history of the Douglas M31 and M50 / MGR-1 Honest John short range unguided ground to ground rocket. As you may well imagine, several / many high-ranking Canadian Army officers had followed the development of that bombardment rocket with a great deal of interest since the early 1950s. The Honest John, they thought

A team of the Canadian Army’s Royal Canadian Artillery training on a Douglas M31 Honest John short range unguided ground to ground rocket of the United States Army, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Anon., “Rocket Training.” Sherbrooke Daily Record, 13 July 1957, 1.

It might not have changed history but would certainly have changed the geography: A brief yet frightening look at the Douglas M31 and M50 / MGR-1 Honest John short range unguided ground to ground rockets, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

If I may be permitted to quote princess Irulan Corrino, eldest daughter of the 81st Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, a beginning is a very delicate time. It is a tricky one too. Indeed, do you know when the Cold War began, my erudite reading friend? Well, do you? And yes, this is but one of the many questions any museum working on a Cold War exhibition project might consider grappling with. And yes, you are quite correct, my reading friend. Our princess, a minor character from Dune, a rather

Kenneth Albert Arnold, in the centre, with two other pilots who claimed they had had seen unidentified flying objects, namely Emil J. Smith, on the left, and Ralph Stevens. Anon., “Pilotes qui virent des soucoupes volantes.” Le Soleil, 8 July 1947, 1.

“Everyone has seen the flying saucers, except journalists:” The first sightings of unidentified flying objects / unidentified aerial phenomena in the province of Québec, 24 June to 19 July 1947, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welcome back, my open-minded reading friend. Shall we continue our look at the way French language daily and weekly newspapers in Québec dealt with flying saucer sightings in their neck of the wood during the 3 three or so weeks which followed Kenneth Albert Arnold’s epoch-making experience of 24 June 1947? Good for you. A sighting occurred in Montréal, Québec, in the early evening of 8 July 1947. Thirty or so people observed a very large and dark object which consisted of two superposed discs

Kenneth Albert Arnold. Anon., “Boise Airman Positive He Didn’t See Ordinary Craft Reflections.” The Idaho Daily Statesman, 28 June 1947, 9.

“Everyone has seen the flying saucers, except journalists:” The first sightings of unidentified flying objects / unidentified aerial phenomena in the province of Québec, 24 June to 19 July 1947, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, greetings. As many people around the globe take stock of the 75th anniversary of Kenneth Albert Arnold’s now famous 24 June 1947 sighting of 9 unidentified flying objects, soon described as flying saucers, moving at very high speed near Mount Rainier, in the state of Washington, it would be interesting to look at the early days of the modern flying saucer phenomenon through the eyes of the papers aimed at the major segment of the population of what could be

Three images side by side, grocery shelves full of eggs in clear trays, coral reefs seen from space, and a map of Canada divided into four differently coloured shapes.

3 things you should know about egg refrigeration, coral reef satellite maps, and watersheds

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

For the June edition, they explain why in Canada, eggs need to be refrigerated, how a satellite map of the world's coral reefs informs conservation, and how watersheds connect us to the oceans.

A Spitz planetarium projector at the Planetario Municipal Agrimensor Germán Barbato, the first planetarium in South America, inaugurated in 1955, Montevideo, Uruguay, February 2015. Fedaro via Wikimedia.

Blessed be the one who brings the wonders of the cosmos to the multitude: Armand Neustadter Spitz and his planetarium projectors, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, and welcome to the world of planetariums. You will remember that, in part 1 of this article of our incomparable blog / bulletin / thingee, we had gone through the early stages of the remarkable life of Armand Neustadter Spitz. Let us follow through by going through the later stages of that remarkable life, the part which concerns his contribution to the development of planetarium projectors. Indeed, Spitz seemingly believed that a planetarium was the best teaching aid ever invented

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