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- OBJECT TYPE
- DEVELOPMENTAL/REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM
- DATE
- 1975–1981
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0907.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD.
- MODEL
- CANADARM
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- 20931
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DIAL CASINGS, LIGHTS/ GLASS DIAL COVERS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 103.0 cm
- Width
- 55.8 cm
- Height
- 75.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Manned spacecraft
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SPAR
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT CANADARM WAS CANADA'S CONTRIBUTION TO U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM AND SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL VENTURE FOR CANADA'S SPACE INDUSTRY. FIRST RMS WAS MFD. BY CANADIAN FIRMS UNDER CONTRACT TO NRC & WAS GIVEN TO NASA. NASA THEN PURCHASED ADDITIONAL UNITS TO EQUIP ALL ORBITALVEHICLES. - Function
-
EARLY VERSION OF RMS DISPLAY CONTROL UNIT WITH STATUS INDICATORS & CONTROLS FOR USE OF OPERATOR OF CANADARM IN ORBITER (REF. 4). - Technical
-
USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE SHUTTLE'S PROTOTYPE REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL READING 'PROPERTY OF/ SPAR/ 20913'/ TYPEWRITTEN WHITE PAPER LABELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLUE TEXTURED CASING/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROL PANEL/ BLACK DIAL CASINGS/ RED, YELLOW, ORANGE & GREEN LIGHTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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SPAR AEROSPACE PRODUCTS LTD., Control unit, between 1975–1981, Artifact no. 1987.0907, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0907.001/
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