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    Crew Works With Robotics, Conducts Interview

    Astronaut Garrett Reisman participates in interview Image above: Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman participates in an interview aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Photo Credit: NASA TV

    Robotics, science and an interview took center stage Thursday as the Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station orbited 208 statute miles above the Earth.

    Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman maneuvered the station’s robotic arm to grapple Dextre, the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, for a test of Dextre’s latching end effector systems.

    Reisman later worked with the Microgravity Science Glovebox, cleaning the system and checking temperature sensors and fans. The glovebox provides a safe environment for research with liquids, combustion and hazardous materials aboard the station.

    Reisman took a break from his tasks for a chat with Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”

    Meanwhile, Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko participated in a Russian experiment that studies the respiration of crew members during long-duration spaceflight.

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