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Canadian Inventions: Canadarm (1981)
Model of the Canadarm for Canadian Inventions display. In 1981, the first Canadian Remote Manipulator System, better known as the Canadarm, was delivered to NASA for use on the Space Shuttle. Built by SPAR Aerospace of Toronto, this robotic arm could deploy and capture satellites from the cargo bay of the Shuttle. This model depicts the SSRMS/SPDM as part of the Space Station Mobile Servicing System, a later enhancement that flies on the International Space Station.
I originally built a small arm to represent the Canadarm, as the image of this Canadian invention graces every new five dollar bill. But when we got the chance to build for the Community Window again, it was a great chance to build a model which spanned across the diagonal of the space. I used a bunch of truss pieces and built the mobile base. The astronaut has a Friends brush to clean the spaceship being docked. They're not mean to be particularly accurate, just enough to be recognizable: Someone I'm sure will point out the size of the SSRMS to the SPDM is completely out of scale.
Canadian Inventions: Canadarm (1981)
Model of the Canadarm for Canadian Inventions display. In 1981, the first Canadian Remote Manipulator System, better known as the Canadarm, was delivered to NASA for use on the Space Shuttle. Built by SPAR Aerospace of Toronto, this robotic arm could deploy and capture satellites from the cargo bay of the Shuttle. This model depicts the SSRMS/SPDM as part of the Space Station Mobile Servicing System, a later enhancement that flies on the International Space Station.
I originally built a small arm to represent the Canadarm, as the image of this Canadian invention graces every new five dollar bill. But when we got the chance to build for the Community Window again, it was a great chance to build a model which spanned across the diagonal of the space. I used a bunch of truss pieces and built the mobile base. The astronaut has a Friends brush to clean the spaceship being docked. They're not mean to be particularly accurate, just enough to be recognizable: Someone I'm sure will point out the size of the SSRMS to the SPDM is completely out of scale.