Station Crew Starts Week with Robotics, Spacewalk Preparations

The International Space Station?s Expedition 24 crew began a new week aboard its high-flying home Monday with robotics work and preparations for two upcoming spacewalks.

The complex and novel task of using the Dextre robot to swap out a failed Remote Power Control Module (RPCM) began Monday when Canadarm2 grappled Dextre and maneuvered to the P1 truss worksite. A partial removal and reinstallation demonstration of the failed RPCM is slated for Tuesday, and the actual replacement of the RPC [...]

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