The International Space Station robotic arm passing the Node 1 hatch on it’s way back from releasing Cygnus.
Read More »Canadarm2 Reaches Across The Night Skies of Earth
Canadarm2 is visible over an Earth mostly shrouded in darkness.
Read More »MDA Puts Robotic Expertise to Good use for Orbital's Cygnus Spacecraft
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) is taking advantage of their expertise in robotics as they recently signed a multi-million dollar contract amendement with Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide capture and mating solutions for Orbital’s autonomous Cygnus commercial resupply service spacecraft.
Read More »Final Flight of Atlantis has Large Canadian Element
While there has been a great emphasis on the fact that currently STS-132 will be the final flight of the space shuttle Atlantis, there is another almost forgotten aspect of this mission – the Canadian aspect. This mission will be utilizing many Canadian elements.
Read More »Canadarm2 Successfully Captures Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle
American flight engineer Nicole Stott using Canada’s Canadarm2 on the International Space Station today captured the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). The Japanese HTV is an unmanned spacecraft used to resupply the Kib Japanese Experiment Module and the rest of the International Space Station (ISS).
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