Canadarm Poised To Lay The Exterior Framework For The International Space Station

The Canadarm, developed by MD Robotics, a subsidiary of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSE:MDA), will play a pivotal role on STS-92. The 11-day mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center on October 11. The mission will rely on the 50-foot robotic arm to move more than 12 tons of space hardware and support astronauts during four scheduled space walks to complete electrical and data connections.

Photos and flight simulations courtesy of NASA.

Press Release 12/10/2000

Movie files are not physically embedded in the PDF document. Thay will be downloaded when you launch the link from the PDF. The movies are in three different formats, Quick Time *.qt, Quick Time Movie *.mov, and MPEG *.mpeg.

The Full Pre-Flight Brief PDF (4,504kb)

The following media are included in the full Pre-Flight Brief:

1.. Zrya Module Docking (mpeg 971K)
2.. STS-92 Rendezvous and Docking (mpeg 763K)
3.. Z1 Installation Sequence (mpeg 553K)
4.. CMB Ready for Latch (mov 473K)
5.. CMB Latch (mov 959K)
6.. PMA-3 Installation (mpeg 677K)
7.. STS-92 Undocking (mpeg 1049K)

Mission Related Links:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/