Yesterdays spacewalk successfully completed a choreographed series of movements over three spacewalks since last fall to swap MDA built Latching End Effector’s (LEE) from the Canadarm2 to its Mobile Base System and stow one for a return to Earth.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Awards $1.5M for Human Spaceflight Technology and Medical Study
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded a total of $1.5 million for two projects related to future human exploration in the vicinity of the moon and Mars.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Outlines How Working With MDA They Fixed the Canadarm2 Communication Problem
When the Canadarm2 was built engineers made sure that it could get software updates even though it designed almost 20 years ago using what we would now consider outdated hardware.
Read More »Space Station Managers Decide to Replace Newly Installed Canadarm2 Latching End Effector
The communication problem first experienced when astronauts replaced an ageing Latching End Effector (LEE) on the Canadarm2 last Tuesday seemed solved after it was installed a second time. That apparently is not the case, and mission managers have decided to remove the newly installed LEE and replace it with the one it just replaced.
Read More »First Spacewalk of 2018 Almost Goes by the Book
The first of two scheduled spacewalks by astronauts on the international space station went almost by the book and succeeded in replacing an aged Latching End Effector on the Canadarm2.
Read More »New Robotic Hand Set for Installation on the International Space Station
In two planned spacewalks, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will install a new Canadian made Latching End Effector (LEE), or robotic hand, on the Canadarm2, replacing its ageing counterpart.
Read More »Spacewalk Needed to Replace Another Degraded Canadarm2 Hand on the International Space Station
NASA has scheduled spacewalks on January 23rd and 29th to replace another degraded Canadarm2 hand on the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More »MDA Issues Unprecedented RFI to Support a Canadian Next Generation Robotic Manipulator System
In anticipation of a contribution to a future international mission beyond low Earth orbit, MDA has issued an unprecedented Request for Information (RFI). As far as I can recall, this is the first time MDA has issued an RFI of this nature.
Read More »MDA Hires Mike Greenley as its New Group President of Canada
Maxar Technologies announced today that Mike Greenley would become the new Group President of MDA in Canada as of January 15 and will report directly to Maxar president and CEO Howard Lance.
Read More »The Top Five Canadian Space Stories of 2017
SpaceQ present the top Canadian space stories of the year. From the creation of Maxar, a potential new spaceport and more, read what mattered in 2017.
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