ESA giving a spare arm to Space Station

Space Shuttle Atlantis, ready for liftoff on Friday, will deliver important hardware from Europe to the International Space Station: spare portions of the European Robotic Arm and the first Russian payloads to use the arm.


The Shuttle?s main cargo is Russia?s Mini Research Module 1 (MRM-1), with ERA?s spare mid-section attached. Hopefully, it will never be needed. Atlantis is also carrying the MLM airlock, a portable work platform and an MLM radiator.

ERA?s other spare parts can  [...]

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