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The first Canadarm was delivered to NASA in April 1981. [5] Astronaut Judith Resnik developed the NASA software and onboard operating procedures for the system. [6] In all, five arms – Nos. 201, 202, 301, 302, and 303 – were built and delivered to NASA. Arm 302 was lost in the Challenger accident. [7]
Astronaut Leroy Chiao controlling Canadarm2 from the Destiny lab The exterior of the Canadarm is clad with Kevlar fabric, while the arm itself is made from Titanium, pictured above Lake Balkhash. Leland Melvin working on the robotic control computers A unique view of the whole arm, MBS and Dextre, grappling containers while near the massive ...
The American and Canadian-built components such as the US lab, Node 1, Quest airlock, truss and solar array segments, and the Canadarm-2 were either flown by the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy to KSC, or transported by road and rail.
The mission was shortened to two days, and the Canadarm tests were canceled. The crew stayed awake during a scheduled sleep period and tested the arm anyway, working during the loss of signal (LOS) periods when they were not in contact with Mission Control. [ 14 ]
SPAR Aerospace was a Canadian aerospace company. It produced equipment for the Canadian Space Agency to be used in cooperation with NASA's Space Shuttle program, most notably the Canadarm, a remote manipulator system.
SED Systems was a part of the Mobile Servicing System program developed the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), or Canadarm 2. The Canadarm 1 was developed by a team led by Spar Aerospace Special Products and Advance Research Division of De Havilland Canada, in which SED Systems also played a key role. [3]
The boom was essentially the same design as the Canadarm itself, except that the articulatory joints are fixed. [2] OBSS arms for the three remaining orbiters were manufactured relatively quickly, primarily because some spare parts for the Canadarm system were used. Two instrumentation packages are installed at the far end of the OBSS.
December 2, 1985, ≈03:10 [1] 6 hours, 41 minutes The purpose of EVA 2 was to assess the ability of astronauts to handle large structural elements and the ability of the Shuttle's robotic arm (Canadarm), to support future station assembly. Ross and Spring assembled nine bays of ACCESS, then placed parts for the tenth bay on the Canadarm.