This super space "hand" is possible, thanks to engineering!

• The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) is sometimes called the Canada Hand.

• It is a small, two-armed robot that can handle items as tiny as a shoebox.

• The "hand" is used on the International Space Station to do some of the delicate assembly tasks currently being done by astronauts during space walks.

• Engineers have made the "hand" extremely accurate; there is no room for error in space!

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Photo, courtesy Canadian Space Agency www.space.gc.ca