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    Canadarm or Canadarm1 (officially Shuttle Remote Manipulator System or SRMS, also SSRMS) is a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle...
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    arm is a larger, more advanced version of the Space Shuttle's original Canadarm. Canadarm2 is 17.6 m (58 ft) when fully extended and has seven motorized...
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    orbiters were originally constructed. After its decommissioning, Endeavour's Canadarm (formally the 'Shuttle Remote Manipulator System') was removed in order...
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    human hand, i.e. with independent fingers and thumbs. .. In space, the Canadarm and its successor Canadarm2 are examples of multi degree of freedom robotic...
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    operate in the payload bay or be deployed by the Remote Manipulator System (Canadarm) as a free-flying satellite. It carried 10 experiments to study formation...
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    Lunar Gateway (redirect from Canadarm-3)
    manipulator arms, one large and one small, broadly similar to the Space Shuttle Canadarm and International Space Station Canadarm2, and associated dextrous manipulator...
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    other experiments including the Shuttle robotic arm, commonly known as Canadarm. Other experiments or tests included Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer...
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    free-flying stainless steel disk. The WSF was deployed using the Space Shuttle's Canadarm. The WSF then used nitrogen gas thrusters to position itself about 55 km...
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    Weasel all-terrain vehicle, the STEM antenna for the space program, and the Canadarm. Klein worked for forty years as a mechanical engineer at the National...
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    bought the space robotics division of Spar Aerospace—manufacturer of the Canadarm—in March 1999, renaming it MD Robotics. The company completed the Mobile...
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  • Canadian technological contributions to space exploration include the Canadarm on the Space Shuttle and Canadarm2 on the International Space Station....
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    International Space Station and is known for its robotic tools, such as multiple Canadarms. Canada has initiated many long-term projects, including the Radarsat...
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    Columbia Challenger Discovery Atlantis Endeavour Add-ons Spacelab (ESA) Canadarm (CSA) Extended Duration Orbiter Remote Controlled Orbiter Spacehab Multi-Purpose...
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    The "Canada" wordmark on the Canadarm...
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    Davis moved the wrist joint on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm (Canadarm) to try to point WSF's Horizon Sensor into the Sun in an attempt to warm...
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    Endeavour.: III-366–368  The Remote Manipulator System (RMS), also known as Canadarm, was a mechanical arm attached to the cargo bay. It could be used to grasp...
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    defines Canada, followed by ice hockey, the national flag, the beaver, the Canadarm, Canada Day, and Canadian Forces peacekeeping. Canada's most well known...
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  • used in cooperation with NASA's Space Shuttle program, most notably the Canadarm, a remote manipulator system. The company went through a series of changes...
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    develop the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS), also known as the "Canadarm" or robot arm. She was the first woman to serve as a CapCom. By early 1982...
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  • Spacesystems". December 5, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2013. "MDA Selling Canadarm Business to U.S. Firm". CBC News. January 8, 2008. Retrieved February 21...
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  • assembly. The system uses regular 2D cameras in the Space Shuttle bay, on the Canadarm, or on the ISS along with cooperative targets to calculate the 3D position...
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    inspection of the Shuttle's impacted starboard side using the Shuttle's Canadarm robot arm, but the limited resolution and range of the cameras made it...
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    Astronaut Office representative for the development and testing of the Canadarm remote manipulator system and the testing of payload bay door contingency...
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  • new projects into orbit. One of the most important Canadian projects is Canadarm, which has become used frequently on the International Space Station (or...
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  • "Space agency closing research lab key to International Space Station, Canadarm". CBC News. 2024-03-04. Canadian Space Agency website - David Florida Laboratory...
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    for crewed Artemis missions. MDA  Canada Brampton, Ontario Lunar Gateway Canadarm 3 Ispace  Japan Tokyo Lunar in situ resource utilization Hakuto-R lunar...
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    "work station" foot restraint at the end of the Remote Manipulator System (Canadarm). On the seventh day of the mission, both astronauts performed another...
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    MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA), the Canadian aerospace company that built the Canadarm and RADARSAT, were responsible for the engineering design and building...
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    mechanism Gemini IDSS IBDM NDS Soyuz Kontakt SSVP USIS Navigation systems Canadarm Canadarm2 Igla Kurs Lyappa TORU Category:Spacecraft docking systems...
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    detailed inspection of the payload and checked out both the robot arm (Canadarm) and the spacesuits. All of Endeavour's systems functioned well as the...
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