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STS-123 is a planned Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which will be flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-123 will be the 1J/A assembly mission. The launch target date is February 14, 2008. It will be the twenty-fifth shuttle mission to visit the ISS, and will deliver the first module of the Japanese laboratory, Japanese Experiment Module (Kibō), and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, (SPDM) Dextre robotics system to the station. NASA is currently evaluating an ISS request to move the launch date to January. The completion of the mission will leave nine flights remaining in the Space Shuttle program until its end in 2010, excluding two as-yet-unconfirmed Contingency Logistic Flights.
The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) is a two armed robot, or telemanipulator, which is part of the Mobile Servicing System and extends the function of this system to replace some activities otherwise requiring spacewalks. It is scheduled to be transported to the station on STS-123, no earlier than 2008.
The SPDM is part of Canada's contribution to the International Space Station. It has been named Dextre, to represent its dexterous nature, and is also known as the Canada hand, by analogy with the Canadarm and Canadarm2.
The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) is a two armed robot, or telemanipulator, which is part of the Mobile Servicing System and extends the function of this system to replace some activities otherwise requiring spacewalks. It is scheduled to be transported to the station on STS-123, no earlier than 2008.
The SPDM is part of Canada's contribution to the International Space Station. It has been named Dextre, to represent its dexterous nature, and is also known as the Canada hand, by analogy with the Canadarm and Canadarm2.