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Canadarm3 flight hardware, Lunar Gateway

3mechanisms through qualification campaigns

3+flight-qualified hardware systems delivered

CSA / NASAdesign reviews led and passed

2 yr 4 moon the program

Canadarm3 relocating hardware on Gateway. Animation credit: NASA/CSA, publicly released.

What

Flight hardware for Canadarm3 on NASA's Lunar Gateway
Mechanical engineer on the core Canadarm3 team at MDA Space, 2023 to 2026
Design, schedule, resourcing, and risk for a subsystem

How

Breadboard prototype to integration against CSA and NASA mission requirements
Qualification on instrumented rigs: Instron tensile, shaker vibration, thermal vacuum, Stewart platform
Design reviews and technical audits led before CSA and NASA representatives

Result

Three mechanisms carried through full qualification campaigns
3+ flight-qualified systems delivered; every deliverable passed review
Contributions to patent filings

Role

Mechanical engineer on the core Canadarm3 team at MDA Space, 2023 to 2026. I managed design, schedule, resourcing, and risk for a subsystem, and led design reviews before CSA and NASA representatives.

Disclosure

This work is covered by NDA and Canada's Controlled Goods Program. The page describes process, not protected artifacts; all imagery is publicly released CSA/NASA/MDA material, credited. I am happy to discuss the approach in person.

All pictures and information are pseudo-representations and/or publicly available in accordance with NDA obligations.

Publicly released render of Canadarm3 operating on the Lunar Gateway station — Canadarm3 on the Lunar Gateway. Image credit: CSA/NASA/MDA Space, publicly released.

Canadarm3 robotic arm reaching over the Moon, publicly released CSA image — Canadarm3 over the Moon. Image credit: CSA, publicly released.

Astronaut Stephen Robinson riding Canadarm2 over Earth during STS-114 — STS-114: astronaut Stephen Robinson on Canadarm2, the MDA-built line Canadarm3 continues. Image credit: NASA.

NASA infographic of Artemis mission elements including the Gateway station and launch vehicles — Artemis mission elements. Image credit: NASA, publicly released.

A legacy of excellence in Canadian space robotics. Canadian Space Agency

MDA SKYMAKER robotic arm mounted on a lunar rover at a trade show — MDA SKYMAKER lunar rover arm. Image credit: MDA.

Links and pressMDA Space·CSA: Canadarm3