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Canadarm
<Canada + arm
DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)
n. — Science, Industry
a robotic arm developed for the US space shuttle program (see Image 1).
Type: 1. Origin — The name Canadarm is a blend of Canada and arm. A Canadian company, SPAR Aerospace Ltd., developed and built the Canadarm, which was first used on a Space Shuttle mission in 1981. The Canadarm is used to move equipment from the shuttle into position and to grasp free-flying equipment for stowage in the shuttle.
See also Gage-5, s.v. "Canadarm", and ITP Nelson, s.v. "Canadarm".
See also Gage-5, s.v. "Canadarm", and ITP Nelson, s.v. "Canadarm".
See: Dextre
Quotations
1981
There was a certain inevitability to the nickname given to the remote manipulator arm Canada has built for the U.S. space shuttle program. It was dubbed the "Canadarm" by Larkin Kerwin, president of the National Research Council, at a recent ceremony in Toronto during which Canada formally turned over the arm to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1989
Mr. Schuelke said plans to use a nuclear power version of Spar Aerospace's Canadarm inside the reactor vault were abandoned in favor of a triple decontamination of the reactor's cooling system.
1999
After disposing of its satellite services division, Spar sold its space robotics division, creator of the Canadarm space-shuttle manipulator, in May to MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates, a B.C. subsidiary of Orbital Sciences Corp. of the U.S., for $63 million.
2000
One by one, proud Canadian companies either fell into American hands, or quietly shifted their top executives to Chicago, New York, Denver or Dallas.
The list of victims included forestry giant MacMillan Bloedel; [...]; the robotics division of Spar Aerospace, which pioneered the Canadarm; [...].
2008
Flying through space high above the Earth, the iconic Canadarm is waving goodbye en route to America, and our nation's most advanced surveillance satellite is also heading south.
References
- Gage-5
- ITP Nelson
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