Astronauts to work on giant robot (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 03/13/2008 - 2:39am

In this image provided by NASA Space shuttle Endeavour pulls up to the international space station and docked Wednesday March 12, 2008, kicking off almost two weeks of demanding construction work.<br /><br />Before the late-night linkup, Endeavour's commander, Dominic Gorie, guided the shuttle through a 360-degree backflip to allow for full photographic surveillance.<br /><br />(AP Photo/NASA)AP - After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.



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