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  • Pierre Jean, the acting head of the station program for the Canadian Space Agency, said that it was natural to joke a bit about Dextre; after working on the program for ten years, he said, the Canadian team had come to feel that while the Canadian robot arm, called Canadarm, was an “it,” “Dextre was a ‘he,’” he said.

    Space: Also a Frontier for Corny Jokes - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Shuttle in 1981, called Canadarm "an enormous source of great national pride."

    Thestar.com - Home Page Jim Wilkes 2011

  • According to Navias, the astronauts will rely on the station's primary robotic arm, dubbed Canadarm II, for much of the work scheduled for Thursday.

    CIO News 2010

  • According to Navias, the astronauts will rely on the station's primary robotic arm, dubbed Canadarm II, for much of the work scheduled for Thursday.

    Computerworld News 2010

  • But Shortt points out the NASA space missions have largely been payback for Canada's technological contributions, particularly the robotic device known as the Canadarm that's been an integral tool on space shuttles and on the International Space Station.

    Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories 2010

  • Endeavour mission, said in a previous interview that this is one of the most technical dubbed Canadarm II, and the robotic arm on Endeavour have been working steadily since this past Saturday when they worked hand-in-hand to unload and maneuver the final part of the Japanese Kibo lab into place.

    ACM TechNews 2009

  • Endeavour mission, said in a previous interview that this is one of the most technical dubbed Canadarm II, and the robotic arm on Endeavour have been working steadily since this past Saturday when they worked hand-in-hand to unload and maneuver the final part of the Japanese Kibo lab into place.

    Latest from Computerworld 2009

  • Spar Aerospace, which built the "Canadarm," has played a vital role in the success of the space shuttle.

    Mega-Projects and Their Futures 1982

  • Julie has now spent more than 25 days in space where she supervised a spacewalk for space shuttle Discovery, operated the 'Canadarm' robotic arm, served as mission specialist on a number of operations, and as flight engineer aboard space shuttle Endeavor.

    Aero-News Network 2010

  • This is an amazing view of our home in space, the ISS, and a great way to see the international partnership of nations at work: CanadArm 2 from Canada hangs onto the Tranquility Node built by Europe; also a view of Japan's JEM module, and the Russian Soyuz and a US space shuttle that are docked to the ISS.

    Scenes from Space: Best Images from STS-130 (so far…) | Universe Today 2010

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