Station Arm and Software Begin Exploration-related Testing
In a major test of the ISS as a development facility for exploration technologies, exercises are now underway to command operations with the station's large Canadian-built manipulator arm (see photo) from the ground rather than by the crew on board. The tests are intended to validate new software...
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