Yuri V. Lonchakov, STS-100 mission specialist, grins and waves to a crewmate as he passes through the passageway between Space Shuttle Endeavour's mid deck and flight deck.
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Reaching Out from the ISS
News story originally written on April 26, 2001
The shuttle Endeavour is visiting the International Space Station (ISS) this week. The 7 astronauts onboard Endeavour helped the crew of the ISS to attach a robotic arm to the station. This arm will help lift and move things outside the space station. The ISS crew will be able to move the arm by remote control! Cool!
The shuttle also brought more experiments to the space station laboratory. They were carried in the Raffaello module. Raffaello is like a space-age moving van!
Endeavour is scheduled to come back to Earth on April 30, 2001.
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