STS-123 Rolling Along

After working around a power glitch, astronauts on STS-123, plus the current crew aboard ISS, have things running smoothly. The first section of Japan's Kibo lab has been transferred to ISS from the shuttle's payload bay, and astronauts are working to get the huge new robot, Dextre, up and running.

The power glitch, in fact, involved Dextre. Power was not getting to the robot, but engineers on the ground worked out a different path that brought Dextre to life. Engineers have also been able to trace the glitch to a faulty power cable in the pallet housing Dextre in the shuttle's payload bay.

Clever folks, those engineers.