Space Station's Dextre Robot Passes Crucial Test

By Stephen Clark
published

Space Station Ready for New Robot, Room
This illustration depicts the Canadian Space Agency's Dextre maintenance robot at the end of the International Space Station's Canadarm2. Dextre and a Japanese module will be delivered to the ISS during NASA's March 2008 STS-123 mission. (Image credit: NASA)

Canadian engineers

Dextre relocated a

Mounted on the end

A set of power

Outfitted with two

Dextre's arms

"When

Last week's

Dextre is commanded

"We're

Dextre will transfer

After the HTV berths

The HTV is scheduled

The cargo

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Stephen Clark
Spaceflightnow.com Editor

Stephen Clark is the Editor of Spaceflight Now, a web-based publication dedicated to covering rocket launches, human spaceflight and exploration. He joined the Spaceflight Now team in 2009 and previously wrote as a senior reporter with the Daily Texan. You can follow Stephen's latest project at SpaceflightNow.com and on Twitter.