Japanese robotic arm flexed for first time

The Discovery astronauts unlimbered the Kibo laboratory module's Japanese robot arm today and prepared spacesuits and equipment for a third and final spacewalk Sunday to collect debris samples from a solar array rotary joint and install a tank of pressurized nitrogen for the space station's ammonia coolant loops.

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