
The Canadian Space Agency’s Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) sits on the floor of the Space Station Processing Facility before transfer to a test stand . The 56-foot-long arm will be the primary means of transferring payloads between the orbiter payload bay and the International Space Station. Its three segments comprise seven joints for highly flexible land precise movement, making it capable of moving around the Station’s exterior like an inchworm. The SSRMS is scheduled for launch on STS-100 in April 2001
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August 16, 2000
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Kennedy Space Center, FL
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