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Canada's robot begins 1st satellite refuelling job

The Canadian-built robot handyman aboard the International Space Station is attempting to demonstrate for the first time that a machine can carry out the delicate task of refuelling a satellite in orbit.
The robot - known as Dextre, short for Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator - has been aboard the space station since 2008 and is what the Canadian Space Agency calls the most sophisticated space robot ever built.

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