Space Station Boosted, Dextre Flexed

HOUSTON — NASA’s Mission Control exercised the Canadian Space Agency’s Dextre robotic manipulator on Dec. 23, establishing its readiness to unload cargo from Japan’s second unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) cargo transport, Kounotori, which is scheduled for a late January liftoff. The exercise...

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