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2012 marks Canada's 50th year in space. It was September 29th, 1962 that Canada became the third country in the world to develop its own satellite and see it launched. In the 50 years since Canada has become a major contributor in space. Several events will highlight this anniversary. The first to is an exhibit which just opened at Canada's Embassy in Washington.

Magellan Aerospace's Winnipeg division, Bristol Aerospace Limited recently held a celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launch of its first Black Brant sounding rocket. Since the June 1962 launch, more than 1,000 Black Brant rockets have been sold worldwide.

It's hard to fathom what path of miscommunication forced heritage airplanes, including an Avro Arrow replica, a DHC-2 Beaver and the world's oldest DHC-1 Chipmunk, outside of the Canadian Air and Space Museum on Sept. 20, 2011.

First Orbit collaborated with the European Space Agency and the crew of Expedition 26/27 on the International Space Station to create this new film of what Yuri Gagarin witnessed fifty years ago today on humanity's first space flight.