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Photos: Inside the Space Station Cupola Controlling Candarm2 as it Moves HTV2

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, operate the Canadarm2 controls inside the International Space Station’s Cupola to relocate the Japanese Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) from the Harmony node nadir port to Harmony’s zenith port. ISS026-E-028097 (18 Feb. 2011) — high res (1.3 M) low res (77 K)

European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, operate the Canadarm2 controls inside the International Space Station’s Cupola to relocate the Japanese Kounotori2 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV2) from the Harmony node nadir port to Harmony’s zenith port. ISS026-E-028097 (18 Feb. 2011) — high res (1.3 M) low res (77 K)

ISS026-E-028085 (18 Feb. 2011) — high res (1.2 M) low res (82 K)

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