Canada's role in the International Space Station: Robotics and research
The International Space Station (ISS) is an orbiting research laboratory with international partners including Canada, the United States, Russia, Europe, and Japan. Canada's contribution features robotic systems like Canadarm2, Dextre, and the Mobile Base System. Over 24 Canadian studies have been conducted aboard the ISS.
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The International Space Station (ISS) is a research laboratory that orbits the Earth.
Canada is one of the Station's partners, along with the United States, Russia, Europe and Japan.
Canada's contribution to the ISS consists of cutting-edge robots Canadarm2 and Dextre, and the Mobile Base System, a transport and storage platform.
To date, over 24 Canadian studies have been conducted aboard the ISS, some of which are still underway.
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