The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday, April 18, edition that on Monday, MDA Space's Canadarm2, the International Space Station's robotic arm, reached out and grabbed an uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft loaded with 5,000 kilograms worth of supplies and scientific gear. The Globe's Ivan Semeniuk reports that a team of Canadian and U.S. operators at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston then took control of the arm to manoeuvre the spacecraft into position so it could attach to the station's Unity module for unloading. The move is called a "cosmic catch." It's like reaching into a speeding car to grab another vehicle. While this has been done over 50 times on the station, it necessitates months of planning and a thorough understanding of the Canadian-built machine involved to do it from earth. Sunday marked Canadarm2's 25th year in space. In that time, the iconic arm has not only proved essential for building the station, but for maintaining it day to day. It is the orbiting facility's all-purpose handyman: Looking, adjusting, swapping parts and generally keeping things in running order. The entire system is the most sophisticated assortment of space hardware ever built by Canada.