Station Crew Ready for Holiday Weekend

After a week of preparations, Dextre, the Canadian Space Agency?s robotic handyman, took part in a series of tasks Thursday that will officially certify the robot for duty.Commander Scott Kelly conducted an experiment that studies colloids, which are substances microscopically interspersed throughout other substances. The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-5 (BCAT-5) observes colloids and their interactions in microgravity. Benefits of the experiment may include improved engineering and industrial ap [...]

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