Station Crew Performs Robotics Work, Spacewalk Preps

The Exposed Pallet (EP) that housed spare parts brought to orbit on the Japanese Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) was returned to the Japanese cargo ship Monday. Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman and Commander Scott Kelly used the Kibo robotic arm to remove the EP from the Exposed Facility at the end of the Kibo laboratory and hand it off to Canadarm2. Coleman and Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli then maneuvered Canadarm2 to install the EP back into its slot on the side of HTV2 [...]

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