Robonaut 2, better known as R2, will have to wait until May before being unpacked and tested as a potential astronaut helper.
The space station residents are swamped with other chores during this week's visit by Discovery, and Endeavour will be along in April, meaning the robot will stay put for a couple more months.
"So far, space is great ? but I suspect it will be even better once I'm out of my box!" R2 said in a Twitter update.
The world's first humanoid in space cannot speak and certainly can't write or post tweets. Human colleagues on the ground are taking care of the Twitter end of things, however, attracting a following of more than 30,000 to @AstroRobonaut, the robot's Twitter name.
Picture: NASA
The space station residents are swamped with other chores during this week's visit by Discovery, and Endeavour will be along in April, meaning the robot will stay put for a couple more months.
"So far, space is great ? but I suspect it will be even better once I'm out of my box!" R2 said in a Twitter update.
The world's first humanoid in space cannot speak and certainly can't write or post tweets. Human colleagues on the ground are taking care of the Twitter end of things, however, attracting a following of more than 30,000 to @AstroRobonaut, the robot's Twitter name.
Picture: NASA
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