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    Minigallery: Astronaut training at Tsukuba Space Center

    Frank De Winne and André Kuipers during training with the Japanese robotic arm
    6 February 2009

    ESA astronauts Frank De Winne and André Kuipers were recently at the Tsukuba Space Center in Japan where they followed training for the Japanese Kibo laboratory and the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). View photos of the training in the special minigallery.

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