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Friday, February 18, 2011

STS-133 Discovery with Crew & Robonaut-2 Set for Feb. 24, 2011, 4:50 PM Launch


When Robonaut 2 (R2) arrives it will be the first humanoid robot in space. Once R2 is unpacked, likely several months after it arrives, it will be initially operated inside the Destiny laboratory for operational testing, but over time, both its territory and its applications could expand to spacewalks. There are no plans to return R2 to Earth and it may be joined by a Japanese Robonaut in 2013.

Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin an 11-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 4:50 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 24, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-133 mission is Discovery's final scheduled flight.

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