The robotic arm delivered NASA astronaut Suni Williams to a worksite during a record-breaking spacewalk at the International ...

On Feb. 8, 2010, space shuttle Endeavour began its 24th trip into space, on the 20A assembly mission to the International ...

NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary ... Columbia's third mission tested critical systems like the Canadarm robotic arm and thermal protection shielding.

The American space shuttle is commonly regarded as the ... American shuttle’s most recognizable features, the robotic manipulator arm. The Buran’s version, known as the Onboard Manipulator ...

In the 1970s, the Soviets accused the U.S. of using the space shuttle as a potential antisatellite weapon for its robotic arm capability. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have ...

That extends to robotics and space as well ... systems employed on the OBSS arms for the Shuttle program, which were tasked with “looking” at the Shuttle’s wings and Thermal Protection ...

The JEM also has a small robotic arm for payload operations on the exposed ... carries all the pressurized cargo and payloads launched on the Space Shuttle. Each module is capable of delivering ...

Wednesday, Sierra Space officials announced the spacecraft successfully completed and passed another round of test milestones in collaboration with NASA. The test demonstrated Dream Chaser's "ability ...

The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...

Maxar Technologies has signed a contract with NASA to deliver a robotic arm called Sample Acquisition ... “Maxar traces its proud history in space exploration back to the first moon landing ...

NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams, one of the two astronauts on an unintentionally extended stay aboard the International Space Station, now holds the record for total spacewalk time by a woman.

Sierra Space's "mini shuttle" Dream Chaser space plane may ... space station astronauts will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to grapple the spacecraft and dock it to an Earth-facing port," a NASA ...