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Lyreshia: Space inventions

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  • Canadarm

    Canadarm
    The Canadarm was created by NASA and was launched on November 13, 1981. Its job is to reach out from spacecrafts to send out and bring back payloads, and all types of cargo, such as satellites. The Canadarm has six joints and works the same as a human arm. Like all arms, this one has a shoulder, elbow, wrist, and of course a hand. The Canadarm is over 15m long and with all its attachments, weighs 450kg. (992.08 lbs.)

  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope
    The Hubble Space Telescope was created by NASA and was meant to be launched in 1986, but the explosion of the space shuttle challenger delayed the launch until April 24, 1990. It was named after the American astronomer, Edwin Hubble. This 2.4m telescope orbits approximately 590km above the surface of the Earth. Its job is to capture photos of space and send them back to Earth.

  • Sojourner

    Sojourner
    A rover called Sojourner was launched to Mars on December 4, 1996. It landed on July 4, 1997. This rover is a six-wheeled vehicle about the size of a child's wagon, weighing 10.5kg. (23.1 lbs) The Sojourner Rover was the second space exploration rover to reach another planet, and the first to be deployed.

  • Canadarm2

    Canadarm2
    The Canadarm2 was installed on the ISS (International Space Station) and was launched on April 29, 2001. It is used for construction jobs on the ISS, moving supplies, equipment, and even astronuats. The length of this arm is 17.6m.

  • Spirit

    Spirit
    The Spirit Rover was launched on June 10, 2003. Spirit's spacecraft arrived on January 4, 2004. When Spirit landed on the Gusov Crater, the first thing it did was take a 360 degree photo of its surroundings back to Earth. Spirit is one of the two rovers that NASA created for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission.

  • Opportunity

    Opportunity
    The Opportunity Rover is Spirit's twin rover. Opportunity was launched on July 7, 2003. It landed safely on the Meridiani Planum on January 25, 2004. Spirit and Opportunity's job is to characterize a variety of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity.

  • Dextre

    Dextre
    The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, Dextre for short, is a two-armed, headless robot that works on the ISS. Each of its arms are 3m long and each have seven joints. It was launched on March 11, 2008. Dextre is the second arm for the ISS built by Canada. It's job is to help the ISS by using its arms to work just like a human arm would.