Saturday, March 13, 2010

Small Fine Arm Deployment Complete; Williams, Suraev Prepare for Departure

(NASA) - Expedition 22 Flight Engineers Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer completed the deployment and calibration of the new small fine arm (SFA).

The SFA was assembled then installed inside the Kibo laboratory?s airlock by Noguchi where it was removed with the module?s main robotic arm ? the Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System. The SFA performs delicate robotics work, is an extension of the Kibo laboratory?s main robotic arm and has  [...]



Full story at http://spacefellowship.com/news/art19066/small-fine-arm-deployment-complete-williams-suraev-prepare-for-departure.html

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