91 - Canadarm3 (feat. Ken Podwalski)

NASA's Lunar Gateway is an international partnership that plans to put a small station in orbit around the Moon in 2024. Canada, the first country to join the program, will contribute a next-generation robotic arm to facilitate the station's work - Canadarm3. Ken Podwalski, Gateway Program Manager at the Canadian Space Agency, joins Jake to talk about the arm, it's role at Gateway, and Canada's plans for the future in space.

• Canada becomes first nation to sign on to Gateway
• MDA awarded Candarm3 Contract
• Canada to send astronauts to the Moon with NASA

• Canada's Canadarm3 Website at CSA

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