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Remote Manipulator System (RMS or Canadarm) [technical drawing]

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Sub-series

Date:

1979.

Reference:

R13875-45-8-E

Type of material:

Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4879550

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Canadian Space Agency fonds

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Remote Manipulator System (RMS or Canadarm)
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Date(s):

1979.

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

11 technical drawings.

Language of material:

Multiple languages

Accession:

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Canadarm / ITRS [technical drawing]

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Sub-series consists of drawings relating to the design, manufacture and operation of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS), also known as the Canadarm. 11 technical drawings labelled ITRS (exact meaning unknown), which appear to be components related to the Canadarm. This is a preliminary description; see the linked accession record with BAN 2015-01085-8 for finding aid information.

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Remote Manipulator System

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Remote Manipulator System : In the early 1970s, while the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was working on the design of the new Space Shuttle, DSMA Atcon had been working on the development of a robot to allow nuclear reactors to be refueled. Together with SPAR Aerospace, CAE Electronic, and RCA a proposal for a robotic arm to move satellites to and from the space shuttle's cargo bay was created. In 1974, Canada agreed to build the first Remote Manipulator System (RMS) for the Space Shuttle Program. The project was overseen by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).

The first mission flown by the RMS was the STS-2 mission, with the arm being deployed from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia on November 13, 1981. Over the course of 135 space shuttle flights, the RMS flew 90 times, helping to perform many critical missions including the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS), the servicing missions of the Hubble Space Telescope, as well as a rescue mission for a stranded telecommunications satellite.

The technology developed through the RMS program has resulted in the creation of the Mobile Servicing System (MSS), Canada's primary contribution to the International Space Station as well as the development of medical robots.

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Custodial history:

Drawings were transferred to Library and Archives Canada from the Canadian Space Agency.

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Related material:

Additional material related to the development and operation of the Canadarm can be found in the National Research Council fonds (MIKAN 323) under "Teleoperator Office (Canadarm)" (MIKAN 134920) and "Files of Development of Canadarm" (MIKAN 47167).
Subject heading:

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Canadarm // Space // Research and Development

Space Shuttle

Canadarm
Source:

Government

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2002/003
2015-01085-8
R13875
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