Dextre Wraps Up First Space Station Repair

HOUSTON — Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, a two-armed robotic handyman, completed its first repair effort outside the International Space Station early Aug. 30, changing out a remote power control module (RPCM), or circuit breaker. Known as Dextre, the robot finished the 29-hr. task...

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