[NASA] A Robotic Helping Hand

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NASA/Jonny Kim

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim took this photo on July 23, 2025, as the

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orbited 259 miles above a cloudy Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico. Visible in the image is the 57.7-foot-long

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robotic arm, which extends from a data grapple fixture on the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Attached to its latching end effector is Dextre, the station’s fine-tuned robotic hand designed for delicate external maintenance tasks. Station crew use Canadarm2 to perform maintenance tasks,

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, and move supplies, equipment, and even

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On Nov. 2, 2025, the space station reached

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. The orbital lab remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, enabling NASA to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars.

Image credit: NASA/Jonny Kim

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