Subsystem

Robotics

The robotic arms and manipulators that let spacecraft build, service, sample, and move cargo — from the Space Shuttle and station arms to the sampling arms of planetary landers.

Components

Robotic ArmComponent
A jointed manipulator used to move cargo, service hardware, capture spacecraft, or collect samples. The Shuttle's Canadarm helped assemble the Space Station and the permanently-installed Canadarm2 services it; planetary landers carry smaller sampling arms.

Knowledge connections

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Sources

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NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.

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