New Arm for Alpha, New Day for Canada
From Times Wire Reports
It was Canada’s biggest day ever in space: The first Canadian spacewalker helped hook up the new Canadian-built robotic arm on the international space station Alpha.
The 58-foot, 3,600-pound arm remained bent at the elbow and was to be extended today by crew inside the space station. The arm will serve as a high-tech construction crane, designed to move across the space station like an inchworm and perform chores wherever needed.
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