Dextre Deployable Vision System (DDVS) Announcement

2016-01-07 - On January 7, 2016, the Government of Canada announced that a new vision system will be designed by Neptec Design Group and used on Dextre to support the inspection and maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS). Here, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (middle) explains to the Honourable Navdeep Bains (right), Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Sylvain Laporte (left), President of the CSA, that the new vision system will reveal signs of damage in places on the ISS that are hard to reach or difficult to see. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)