Canadarm Deployment in Space, 1981 National Historic Event

Ottawa, Ontario
During the second flight of the Space Shuttle, on Day 2 of Mission STS-2 (the second shuttle flight on November 12-15, 1981), Canadarm was successfully deployed for the first time in space by Columbia astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly. (Credit: NASA) © Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne / Credit: NASA
Canadarm, September 28, 2005
© Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne / Credit: NASA
Canadarm flown in space for the first time on Space Shuttle mission STS-2, November 1981. © Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation | Ingenium – Musées des sciences et de l’innovation du Canada1990-04-25 - The Canadarm grapples the Hubble Space Telescope from the payload bay of Space Shuttle Discovery to place it into orbit. (Credit: NASA) © Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne / Credit: NASADuring the second flight of the Space Shuttle, on Day 2 of Mission STS-2 (the second shuttle flight on November 12-15, 1981), Canadarm was successfully deployed for the first time in space by Columbia astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly. (Credit: NASA) © Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne / Credit: NASA
Address : Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, Ontario

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2025-02-07
Dates:
  • 1981 to 1981 (Significant)

Other Name(s):
  • Canadarm Deployment in Space, 1981  (Designation Name)
  • Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS)  (Other Name)
Research Report Number: 2024-03, 2024-03-A

Importance: The development and construction of a highly sophisticated and manoeuvrable robotic arm in the 1970s, and its first voyage into space in 1981 launched the beginning of a new era in Canadian space exploration