Canadarm, formally the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System, is a robotic arm built by Spar Aerospace under contract to the Canadian Space Agency and flown aboard NASA Space Shuttle orbiters from 1981 to 2011. Operated jointly by NASA and Canadian astronauts, it deployed, captured and maneuvered payloads including satellites and space station components across ninety Shuttle missions, flying its final mission on STS-135 in July 2011.
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Manufacturer StatusRetired; flew its ninetieth and final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, in July 2011. 1 Status
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Source Wikipedia: Canadarm
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Operated jointly with NASA aboard the Space Shuttle; Canadian Space Agency oversight is the Canadian side of that partnership.
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Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
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Wikimedia FoundationCanadarm article, first flight section
first tested in orbit in 1981, on Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-2 mission
Canadarm article, retirement section
90th and final Shuttle mission...in July 2011 on STS-135
Operated By: Canadian Space Agency, Canadarm article, builder and operator section
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency jointly operated it
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Wikimedia FoundationCanadarm article, overview and development
a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads
- Canadarm article, builder and operator section
In Group: Space Station and Shuttle Robotic Arms, Lead sentence
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 orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads.
Mission Of: Space Shuttle Program, Lead sentence
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 orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads.
Part Of: Space Shuttle Program, Lead sentence
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 orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads.
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