Satnews Daily
November 30th, 2011

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.... In Control (Support)


[SatNews] The Company has received contracts worth CA$4.2 million....

....from NASA's Johnson Space Center to extend its support of the Robotic Work Station that controls Canadarm2 and Dextre on the ISS. MDA will provide on-going sustaining engineering services, and provide new capabilities that will assist in the berthing of unmanned vehicles visiting the space station. The contract extension runs through December 2012.


The Canadaarm2, photographed through an ISS porthole