When #Canada was first invited to participate in the #American Space #Shuttle Program, their contribution was not yet specified.
However, #NASA soon found a Canadian company that had built a #robotic mechanism capable of fueling a nuclear reactor: DSMA ATCON, which impressed them.
NASA asked for a remote manipulator (#RobotArm) for the #SpaceShuttle, and Canada produced a #RemoteManipulatorSystem or #Canadarm for every #SpaceShuttle, as well as a second generation for the #ISS, and a third for the #LunarGateway.

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The #Canadarm remote manipulator system (or #robot #arm) was an important feature of the #Space #Shuttle, giving it the ability to grab payloads or other #spacecraft.
Canadarm was crucial in the construction of the International Space Station, which also had a #RemoteManipulatorSystem, #Canadarm2.
This is #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center’s Visitor Complex.
#KennedySpaceCenterVisitorComplex, #KSC, #AtlantisMuseum, #RemoteWork, #photography
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