Canada’s Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM), more commonly known as “Dextre” or the “Canada Hand”, has completed a week of highly successful and highly complex robotics operations on the International Space Station (ISS). The never-before-completed operations have raised the bar for fine dextrous robotics on ISS, and ushered in a new era of human-robotic partnership [...]
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The Russian Progress M-12M spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 44P, blasted off toward the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today (Wednesday 24th August) at around 1:00 PM GMT, which was 7:00 PM Baikonur time. Unfortunately for the ISS, around 325 seconds into the flight, the third stage [...]
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International Space Station (ISS) program managers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) have completed the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the upcoming ISS Expedition 29 on Wednesday. The FRR included a thorough review of all aspects of the Expedition 29 increment, the conclusion of which resulted in all groups issuing a Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR) [...]
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Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) robot “Dextre” is making himself useful on the International Space Station (ISS), as he prepares to swap out a failed RPCM (Remote Power Control Module) on the P1 Truss. Having conducted his induction training on Tuesday, Dextre was set to clock in for work on Wednesday. However, operations are [...]
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International Space Station Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte have landed safely in their Soyuz TMA-14 on the steppes of Kazakhstan Sunday morning. The trio left the ISS just a few hours prior to landing, leaving a Station that is now busily working through its Expedition 21 [...]
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ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 10:34 GMT on Wednesday, with their Soyuz TMA-15 scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) at 12:36 GMT on Friday 29 May – marking the start of six crew operations [...]
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Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) robot “Dextre” has reported himself as fit for duty, as the clock ticks down to his debut tasks on the International Space Station (ISS). Meanwhile, preparations are building up for the arrival of the first Japanese HTV (H-II Transfer Vehicle) – which may involve spare robotic work station hardware being [...]
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The Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Flight Readiness Review (FRR) concluded the key milestone meeting for the STS-119 mission, set to launch on February 12. The replacement of Discovery’s Flow Control Valves (FCVs) is the one constraint to flight. STS-119 is also set to carry spares for the failed hardware in the Urine and Water Processing [...]
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An issue with Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) robot “Dextre” is being evaluated, after engineers identified a potential failure mode in the SPDM Power Switching Init (PSU). As a result, the robot will remain in its current position attached to the Destiny Lab until further notice.
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