Pettit and Kuipers conducting RoBoT Simulator Session

ISS030-E-235593 (11 April 2012) --- In the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Don Pettit (foreground) and European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, conduct the first of three sessions on the ROBoT simulator in preparation for the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon. Slated for liftoff on April 30, 2012, at 12:22 (EDT) from the Kennedy Space Center, the goal of Dragon’s planned 21-day mission will be to test the unpiloted capsule’s ability to rendezvous with the space station.