Astronauts to Attach Robot to Station

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This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman left and astronaut Richard Linnehan work outside the international space station putting together Dextre the final element of the stations Mobile Servicing System which is designed  ...
This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman, left, and astronaut Richard Linnehan work outside the international space station putting together Dextre, the final element of the station’s Mobile Servicing System which is designed for station maintenance and service on Saturday March 15, 2008. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. The Canadian-built Dextre, which cost more than $200 million and was flown up on Endeavour. The hope is that the robot eventually will take over some of the more punishing chores, like lugging around big replacement parts. (AP Photo/NASA)
(AP) -- Now that the space station's new robot is fully assembled, astronauts prepared to attach the giant machine directly to the orbiting outpost for the first time on Tuesday.


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