Astronauts Install Japanese Room, Assemble Robot in Space

Astronauts Install Japanese Room, Assemble Robot in Space
By Dave Mosher
Staff Writer
posted: 14 March 2008
4:50 am ET

This story was updated at 11:59 a.m. ET.

HOUSTON – Two spacewalking astronauts worked through the night high above the Earth to install Japan's first orbital room and attach hands to a two-armed robot named Dextre.

International Space Station (ISS) flight engineer Garrett Reisman and mission specialist Rick Linnehan, a member of the STS-123 space shuttle Endeavour crew, spent more than seven hours outside of the space station to complete their on-orbit construction work. With astronaut Takao Doi at the controls of the shuttle's robotic arm, their efforts left the Japanese Logistics Pressurized module (JLP) securely latched onto the station.
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