Dextre Deployable Vision System (DDVS) Announcement

2016-01-07 - On January 7, 2016, the Honourable Navdeep Bains (middle), Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, 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. That day, he tried his hand at the controls as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (front) showed him the ropes. Beside them, a CSA staff member looks on. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)