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Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Wednesday installed a robotic arm outside the country’s Kibo laboratory module on the International Space Station, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said. Working together with NASA astronaut Timothy Creamer, the 44-year-old Noguchi opened the air lock for the first time, brought out the 2.2 meter-long arm into space and attached it at the tip of a longer, 10-meter arm.
   
The installation of the smaller arm is aimed at allowing astronauts to engage in more delicate operations, including fixing problems with experimental devices, from inside the space station.

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  goddog at 02:12 PM JST - 11th March

  Excellent. This station is awesome. I hope the Japanese women flying up brings him some cup o noodle.

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