Talk:Dextre

Update Needed
This article dates back to March 2008. Would be nice to have this updated to include later events and status about Dextre. The latest I could easily find was:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/04/iss-preparing-debuts-canadas-dextre-operations-japans-htv/  (April, 2009)

and: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/sts-123/news.asp    (January 2009)

but there is probably more recent status somewhere.

Tony (talk) 16:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Hubble
I thought the Hubble servicing program was cancelled in favour of doing an EVA? Can someone fix that line?

image
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1044/647953003_52aeab595b_o.jpg image of dextre in the space station processing facility --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:47, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like the body on the near table, and at least one arm on the far table - not easy to see - Rod57 (talk) 07:54, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

External links modified, and reviewed
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 1 one external link on Dextre. ... I made the following changes:
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20141101065854/http://robot.gmc.ulaval.ca/docs/papers/conference/2004/Martin_Lussier-Desbiens_et-al_2004.pdf to http://robot.gmc.ulaval.ca/docs/papers/conference/2004/Martin_Lussier-Desbiens_et-al_2004.pdf

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 16:11, 30 May 2016 (UTC)

Article could be updated to say what it has been used for
What was it first used for - Does NASA list all the jobs it has been used for eg ORU replacements, cargo ship unloading ? - Rod57 (talk) 19:39, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

How to spell Dexterous/Dextrous
NASA websites (eg the two referenced here) spell it Dextrous. (Canada always seems to just call it Dextre.) Wikipedia has lots of uses of Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator - are there RS for that spelling ? - Are both correct ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:08, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
 * NASA STS press kits eg STS-135 use 'Dexterous' - perhaps that is more authorative than their websites ? - Rod57 (talk) 20:04, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Are both arms the same
There is one spare arm on ELC-3, it's not described as right or left so is there a source that says if the two arms are the same and interchangeable ? - Rod57 (talk) 13:12, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

A dated list of tasks it has carried out would be interesting
A dated list of tasks it has carried out would be interesting (doesn't seem to be on the official Dextre website). Eg which tools used, what types of ORUs handled. - Not commissioned until 2011 ? Can we even say if it is frequently used to unload unpressurised cargo from various post-STS supply missions ? Is it often/frequently used to assist EVAs ? Some refs :
 * First operational tasks Feb 2011
 * One week in Aug/Sept 2011.
 * June 2019 - Rod57 (talk) 17:48, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
 * June 2019 - Rod57 (talk) 17:48, 19 December 2019 (UTC)