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First Pictures of Completed Dextre Giant Space Robot
After three space walks, Dextre—the robot that will now service the International Space Station—has been completed today, and is now ready for activation. I was watching it live on NASA TV and grabbed these shots (yes, I am that sad) of this fully-assembled gigantastic space spider. To get a sense of how big it is, check the images after the jump. Update: added new images released by NASA More »

03/18/08

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By Jesus Diaz

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NASA Sending Robots into Space to do Astronauts' Dirty Work
NASA is sending a $200 million, Canadian-built robot named Dextre (Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator) up to the International Space Station to help carryout spacewalk missions too dangerous for humans to attempt. The currently disassembled robot is being flown up on the Space Shuttle Endeavour and will be built up on the Space Station. Once constructed, Dextre will be 10 feet high, 5 feet wide and have two arms comprised of seven joints apiece. [ABC News]

03/14/08

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By Adrian Covert

Comment by Jericho114: Wow, you people are so caught up your ingnorance you threw all reason out the window. I know this article... more » | Other threads