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Cool Photo of Canadarm2 With its Dextre Hand. Oh and the Earth. That’s Nice Too.
Check out this image of the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Canadarm2 on the International Space Station. The CSA's Dextre is…
Looking for Canada’s Next Generation of Space Explorers
With a long history of contributing to space exploration, the Canadian Space Agency is looking for the next generation of…
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CATS Out of The Bag, Crawling Around ISS for Science Down Below
The Japanese robotic arm installs the CATS experiment on an external platform on Japan’s Kibo lab module. The SpaceX Dragon…
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NASA Inaugurates New Space Station Era as Earth Science Observation Platform with RapidScat Instrument
NASA inaugurated a new era of research for the International Space Station (ISS) as an Earth observation platform following the…
Space Robot Fixes Itself, Takes Selfie As Funny Livetweet Happens On The Ground
In a thrilling demonstration of space robotics, today the Dextre "hand" replaced a malfunctioning camera on the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.…
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Dangling Dextre Digs out Docked Dragon Depot prior to Station Departure
To close out their final week aboard the International Space Station, three of the six Expedition 39 crew members are…
Chris Hadfield On Space-y $5 Bill: ‘It Reminds Us That Our Dreams Do Not Have A Limit’
In Canada, "gimme five" could soon have a space connotation. Today the country announced it is preparing to put new…
Space Robotics Dominate New $5 Bill in Canada
In a world first, Canada's Chris Hadfield unveiled a new money note -- while in space. Hadfield spun a fiver…
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Robotics Refueling Research Scores Huge Leap at Space Station
[/caption] A combined team of American and Canadian engineers has taken a major first step forward by successfully applying new,…
Robot Works on Repairs While ISS Astronauts Sleep
If it turns out that astronauts do have to leave the International Space Station unmanned, at least Dextre, the Canadian…