{CaptionsBy}    Information Dynamics, Inc.

{LastEditor}    Anita Barrett

{ScannedBy}     NASA/KSC Public Affairs Office

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          17-May-1999

{description}   Workers guide a segment of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA)
                Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) past the Leonardo
                Multi-Purpose Logistics Module in the Space Station Processing
                Facility at KSC. The segment joins two others for a campaign of
                prelaunch processing activities. CSA's first contribution to the
                International Space Station (ISS), the SSRMS is the primary means
                of transferring payloads between the orbiter payload bay and the
                ISS for assembly. The 56-foot-long robotic arm includes two 12-
                foot booms joined by a hinge. Seven joints on the arm allow
                highly flexible and precise movement. Latching End Effectors are
                mounted on each end of the arm for grappling. Video cameras
                mounted on the booms and end effectors will give astronauts
                maximum visibility for operations and maintenance tasks on the
                ISS. The SSRMS is scheduled to be launched aboard Space Shuttle
                Endeavour on STS-100, currently planned for July 2000.

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{title}         The Canadian Space Agency's Space Station Remote Manipulator
                System arrives at KSC

{type}          Image

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