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 Cross-Tradition Connections
Operated By
Operated jointly with NASA aboard the Space Shuttle; Canadian Space Agency oversight is the Canadian side of that partnership.
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a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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first tested in orbit in 1981, on Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-2 mission
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationCanadarm article, builder and operator section
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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90th and final Shuttle mission...in July 2011 on STS-135
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