The Space Station’s Canadian robotic arms have enjoyed another busy month, starting with the release of a SpaceX Dragon and ending with the deployment of a microsat. The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) – best known as Dextre – is also looking forward to NASA’s Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3), while it was recently announced that the Canadian Space Agency will build an advanced robotic arm for NASA’s Lunar Gateway.
SpaceX’s CRS-10 resupply mission has enjoyed a smooth period following its somewhat eventful berthing to…
As SpaceX nears completion of its investigation into the AMOS-6 pad conflagration on 1 September…
The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) has completed a series of tests aimed at reducing the…
A Russian Progress resupply ship completed its six-hour trip to the International Space Station (ISS)…
SpaceX’s CRS-6 Dragon unberthed from the International Space Station (ISS) and was released from the…
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been successfully reboosted by the Progress…
Canada’s multi-tasking robot, Dextre, successfully removed the CATS (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System) payload from the unpressurised trunk…
Canada’s SPDM (Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator), or Dextre as it’s commonly known, has completed the…
Japan’s venerable HTV spacecraft made its fourth launch to the ISS tonight, blasting off atop…
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS) over the past two weeks, Dextre, the Canadian “robotic…
With all three Space Shuttle orbiters now tucked away inside their respective museums, the International…
Three crewmembers of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 33 crew – comprising American astronaut…
The Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 32S, has docked to…
A Space Act Agreement (SAA) has been announced between Altius Space Machines and NASA’s Langely…
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS) this past week, Canada’s Dextre robot and NASA’s Robotic…
With Dragon now installed and ingressed on the International Space Station (ISS), Canada’s Dextre robot…
Canada’s Dextre robotic space helper, working with NASA’s Robotic Refuelling Mission (RRM) experiment, have together…
In a year that saw the station finally completed after nearly 13 years of construction,…
Canada’s Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM), more commonly known as “Dextre” or the “Canada Hand”,…
