Canadarm2: Timelapse Views | International Space Station

Canadarm2: Timelapse Views | International Space Station

Timelapse video made during the second mission (named "Alpha") by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France to the International Space Station. His camera was setup to take pictures at intervals of two per second. The pictures were then edited into this video playing at 25 images a second. The video is about 12 times faster than actual speed.

Thomas shared this video on social media saying:

“We often mention robotics on the International Space Station, but it doesn’t mean we are playing with robots. We have a 17-meter long, fully-articulated robotic arm on the outside, proudly built by the Canadian Space Agency. It is hugely important to our operations here. It grabs visiting vehicles, moves astronauts around during spacewalks, and does a lot of outside maintenance and logistics. It is always a fun (and to be honest, a bit tense because it’s not easy) moment when we get to fly it though our control panels and joysticks from the Cupola or the Lab (there are no windows there but we have lots of outside cameras).”

Over 200 experiments were planned during Thomas’ time in space, including forty European ones with twelve experiments led by the French space agency, CNES.

Pesquet's second mission name "Alpha" was named after Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to the Sun, following the French mission naming tradition.

The 17-meter-long (55+ feet) Canadarm2 robotic arm is fitted with the 3.7m (12 feet) high Dextre fine-tuned robotic hand.

Discover more about Canadian space robotics:

https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/robotics/default.asp

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: ESA/NASA

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: April 29, 2023

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