Canada has developed a new version of its famed robotic space arm to give exploration of the final frontier a helping hand. The nation's Next-Generation Canadarm (NGC) program is designed to support ...

The Space Shuttle may be gone, but one part of it is still going strong. The Canadian-built Canadarm robotic arm first flew on the Shuttle in 1981 and its successor, Canadarm2, is still working on the ...

Canada's famous robotic space arm just made a cameo on the silver screen. The iconic Canadarm briefly appears in the new film "Deadpool & Wolverine" — but not in space as you might expect. Instead, ...

More than three and a half decades after it first reached out into space, the Canadarm is set to extend its legacy by appearing on a new postage stamp. Canada Post, Canada's postal service, revealed ...

TORONTO – The anniversary of the first launch of the Canadarm 31 years ago is being celebrated on Google.ca with a doodle. The image on Google Canada’s home page depicts an astronaut floating in space ...

Commander Chris Hadfield may be the new poster boy for the Canadian Space Agency, but before the Mustachioed Ontarian hit the scene that crown was held by the supremely versatile Canadarm telerobotic ...

Canadarm, Canada’s national icon of technological innovation, made its space debut on the U.S. Space Shuttle on November 13, 1981. Designed to deploy and retrieve space payloads, the robotic arm ...

The Canadarm, developed by MD Robotics, a subsidiary of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates , has successfully completed another mission, including installation of a key component on the International ...

On Friday, Dextre and the Canadarm became the first self-repairing robotic system in orbit, swapping a fuzzy video camera from the arm’s elbow to base. Today, Dextre retrieved a shiny new camera and ...

OTTAWA -- This is Ground Control to Major Marc: you didn't make the grade. Documents show at least two ministers' offices helped plan a Canadarm event that snubbed Canada's first astronaut, Marc ...

Canada's famous Canadarm space crane has been repatriated by a group of Canadian pension funds after nearly two years under U.S. control. And the new owners have sealed the deal at a knock-down price.

Canada's famous robotic space arm just made a cameo on the silver screen. The maple-leaf-festooned Easter egg of Canada's space program isn't the film's only connection to the country known for ...