Dextre Dance - Robot's First Space Station Repair
Friday, September 9, 2011 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) or Dextre for short, replaced a faulty circuit breaker on the ISS in August 2011. The robot was delived by Space Shuttle Endeavour to help replace some activities that would of required a spacewalk.