Robotics and Research Aboard Station Tuesday

With Expedition 26 recently expanded to its full crew complement of six, the International Space Station?s residents checked out robotics systems to prepare for the arrival of a Japanese cargo craft and conducted scientific research Tuesday.

The station?s newest flight engineers, Cady Coleman, Dmitry Kondratyev and Paolo Nespoli, each had time set aside to study the layout of their orbital home for the next five months and learn to move about in its large habitable space. Additionally, C [...]

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