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Robotic Arms Move CATS While Crew Studies Life Science

Post author By kkerber
Post date January 23, 2015

Ground controllers overnight remotely guided the Canadarm2, with its Dextre robotic hand attached, to deftly remove the CATS experiment from the SpaceX Dragon trunk. They then handed it off to the Japanese robotic arm for installation on the Kibo laboratory’s external platform. CATS, or Cloud-Aerosol Transport System, will collect data on the pollution, dust, smoke, […]

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Space to Ground: CATS Out of The Bag [Video]

Post author By kkerber
Post date January 23, 2015

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