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Linnehan said it has been surreal to work around the giant white robot, which to him looks like a prop from a Star Wars movie. "But it isn't sci fi, it's reality and it's happening up here right now," he said. Dextre -- short for dexterous and pronounced like Dexter -- could possibly someday take over some of the tougher chores from spacewalkers, like lugging around big replacement parts. A total of five spacewalks are planned for Endeavour's nearly two-week visit to the space station, the most ever performed during a joint shuttle-station flight. While some of the astronauts prepared for Monday night's outing, other crew members stowed equipment that was brought to the station aboard the storage compartment segment of Japan's Kibo lab. That will pave the way for the shuttle Discovery to deliver the $1 billion lab in May. Related Links: |
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