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Canadarm2 robotic arm on the space station stops working
Original: The large robotic arm on the International Space Station has stopped working
The large robotic arm on the International Space Station, known as Canadarm2, has reportedly stopped working, according to an Ars Technica report. The arm is critical for capturing cargo spacecraft, moving equipment and supporting spacewalks, so a failure would be a significant operational problem for the station's crews and their partners at NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.
Why now: News of a failure of a critical piece of space station hardware is drawing wide attention.
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