Canada: Hey NASA, We Want Our Arm Back

Return of iconic robotic arm being discussed by NASA, Canadian Space Agency
Canadian Press

It has travelled thousands of kilometres in space, repaired orbiting satellites, unclogged astronauts’ toilets, and helped build the International Space Station.

Now the Canadarm appears set to come home.

The Canadian Press has learned that NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have been working to bring home the original Canadarm, which first flew into space in 1981.

Discussions aimed at repatriating the iconic robotic limb have been going on between the U.S. and Canadian agencies for more than a year. The conversations come as the U.S. closes its space-shuttle program, and seeks to divest assets from those missions.

NASA has used five versions of the Canadarm over the years.

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