the canadarm was first tested in space on the columbia space shuttle.
on which space shuttle was the canadarm first tested in space?
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a simulated canadarm installed on the space shuttle "enterprise" was seen when the prototype orbiter's payload bay doors were open to test hangar facilities early in the shuttle program. the canadarm was first tested in orbit in 1981, on space shuttle "columbia"s sts-2 mission. its first operational use was on sts-3 to deploy and maneuver the plasma diagnostics package. canadarm has since flown on more than 90 missions with all five orbiters.
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the canadarm's 90th and final shuttle mission was in july 2011 on sts-135, delivering the raffaello mplm to the iss and back. "discovery's" canadarm is displayed next to her in the national air and space museum's udvar-hazy center. "endeavour" left its obss at the international space station as part of its final mission, while its canadarm was originally going to be displayed in the headquarters of the canadian space agency. however, "endeavour"s canadarm is now on permanent display at the canada aviation and space museum in ottawa. the last of the canadarms to fly in space, the srms flown aboard "atlantis" on the final space shuttle mission, sts-135 in july 2011, was shipped to nasa's johnson space center in houston for engineering study and possible reuse on a future mission.
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