Canada's Spar Space Systems has been awarded a $4.2 million contract from NASA to produce three remote manipulators to assist in the assembly of the US-led Alpha international space station. The Power Data Grapple Fixtures are the mechanical and electrical attachments, or "shoulders", of Spar's remote-manipulator system robot arm.
Source: Flight International
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