101.   NASA has launched space shuttles to the space station seven times in the past year, adding framework, solar wings, a laboratory and the robot arm.

102.   NASA hopes to launch Endeavour to the international space station on Wednesday to deliver a fresh resident crew and a replacement joint for the robot arm.

103.   NASA is confident the space station robot arm will work even though it ran into start-up problems following its installation in April.

104.   Once in orbit, the astronauts will use the shuttle robot arm to capture the Russian piece and attach it to Unity.

105.   Now, less than three years later, the space station is made up of five cylindrical modules, giant solar wings, a truss and a robot arm.

106.   One last excursion is scheduled for Thursday, to replace a wrist joint in the robot arm.

107.   One of the wrist joints in the robot arm seized up in March and is being replaced.

108.   On Monday, Wakata will crank up the robot arm again to move a docking port from Discovery to the space station.

109.   On Saturday, the space shuttle crew will use a robot arm to retrieve a Japanese satellite.

110.   She worked for NASA for eight years as an engineer, specializing in the shuttle robot arm.