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Engineers and technicians ready Robonaut 2 -- NASA's humanoid robot, destined for the International Space Station -- for a check out of the box that will be used to keep it safe during the space shuttle's climb into orbit. Robonaut 2 is scheduled to launch to the station aboard space shuttle Discovery as part of the STS-133 mission. In the background is Johnson Space Center's 45-feet-wide vacuum chamber.