Monthly Engineering Work Order

GM Engineer Muhammad Abdallah and Oceaneering Space Systems engineer Brian Hargrave test new software upgrades on the R2 flight unit.
Photographer: Kris Kehe
Date Taken: 05-06-2010
Location: Dextrous Robotics Laboratory Annex at NASA Johnson Space Center

JSC2010-E-090927 (1 June 2010) --- Engineers at NASA?s Johnson Space Center test software upgrades on Robonaut 2. Because R2 was designed as a prototype, some changes were necessary to ready it for life on the International Space Station. R2 is scheduled to launch into space aboard Discovery on the STS-133 mission. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Photographer Kris Kehe