Japanese robot arm on Shuttle controlled from ground

Engineers on the ground took control of the Japanese robotic arm in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery yesterday, putting the prototype hardware through its paces in an important test of procedures that may one day ease crew workload on the International Space Station. Working out of the...

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