Cross Border Collaboration
Astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman install protective covers onto NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope alongside the Space Shuttle Endeavor, c. 1993. Musgrave (R) is being raised by Canadarm (AKA the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System), which was designed by the Canadian aerospace industry to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads in space. In 1981, Canadarm was delivered via truck from Toronto’s Spar Aerospace plant to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Canadarm is now on display at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. Canadarm2 now services the International Space Station approx. 250 miles above the Earth; Canadarm3 will eventually stay in space aboard the next major international collaboration: The Lunar Gateway. (Photo: NASA)