General Information

Serial #

20935

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

Display-control unit

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, LIGHTS, BUTTONS, CIRCUITRY/ GLASS DIAL COVERS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

103.0 cm

Width

55.8 cm

Height

75.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Manned spacecraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SPAR

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT CANADARM WAS CANADA'S CONTRIBUTION TO U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM & SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL VENTURE FOR CANADA'S SPACE INDUSTRY. FIRST RMS WAS MFD. BY CANADIAN FIRMS UNDER CONTRACT TONRC & WAS GIVEN TO NASA. NASA THEN PURCHASED ADDITIONAL UNITS TO EQUIPALL ORBITAL VEHICLES.

Function

DEVELOPMENTAL VERSION OF RMS DISPLAY-CONTROL UNIT WITH CONTROLS & STATUS INDICATORS FOR USE OF OPERATOR OF CANADARM WITHIN ORBITER (REF. 4).

Technical

USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE SHUTTLE'S PROTOTYPE REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECAL READING 'PROPERTY OF/ SPAR/ 20935'/ BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED & RED HANDWRITTEN ON WHITE PAPER LABELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS.

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLUE TEXTURED CASING/ BRUSHED METAL CONTROL PANEL/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED DIAL CASINGS/ METALLIC SWITCHES/ BLACK KNOBS/ WHITE BUTTONS/ WHITE, RED, YELLOW LIGHTS/ BLUE SYNTHETIC PARTS.

Decoration

N/A