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  2. Canadarm - Wikipedia

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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 orbiters to deploy, manoeuvre, and capture payloads.

  3. List of NASA's flight control positions - Wikipedia

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    Responsible for Space Shuttle remote manipulator system (RMS) or "robot arm". Propulsion engineer (PROP) Managed the reaction control thrusters and orbital maneuvering engines during all phases of flight, monitored fuel usage and propellant tank status, and calculated optimal sequences for thruster firings.

  4. Grapple fixture - Wikipedia

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    The fixtures allowed the Space Shuttle's Canadarm (also known as the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System, or SRMS) to safely grapple large objects (e.g. ISS components, or satellites e.g. HST). They currently do the same for the International Space Station 's Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) (also known as Canadarm2) and the ...

  5. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    The Remote Manipulator System (RMS), also known as Canadarm, was a mechanical arm attached to the cargo bay. It could be used to grasp and manipulate payloads, as well as serve as a mobile platform for astronauts conducting an EVA.

  6. Orbiter Boom Sensor System - Wikipedia

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    Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS) holding OBSS boom on STS-114 Astronaut Scott Parazynski at the end of the OBSS boom making repairs to the P6 solar array. The Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) was a 50-foot (15.24 m) boom carried on board NASA's Space Shuttles.

  7. Mobile Servicing System - Wikipedia

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    Officially known as the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). Launched on STS-100 in April 2001, this second generation arm is a larger, more advanced version of the Space Shuttle 's original Canadarm .

  8. Manned Maneuvering Unit - Wikipedia

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    SMM Operations Control Center engineers shut down all non-essential SMM subsystems and with a bit of luck were able to recover the SMM minutes before total failure. The ground support engineers then stabilized the satellite and nulled its rotation rates for capture with the orbiter's robotic arm, the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System . This ...

  9. Kibō (ISS module) - Wikipedia

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    The JEM remote manipulator system (JEMRMS) is a 10 m (33 ft) robotic arm, mounted at the port cone of the PM. It is used for servicing the EF and for moving equipment to and from the ELM. The JEMRMS control console was launched while inside the ELM-PS, and the main arm was launched with the PM.