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Robotic refuelling demo to start aboard ISS

Submit on Friday, January 11th, 2013 22:57

In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refuelling Mission, or RRM aboard the International Space Station. During five days of operations, controllers from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will use the space station’s remotely operated Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre, robot to simulate robotic refuelling in space.

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