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China conducts world-first precision laser cutting experiment in space

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China has successfully conducted the world's first precision laser cutting experiment in space. Utilizing a device mounted on the Tiangong space station, researchers remotely operated a robotic arm to make millimetre-scale cuts on a piece of equipment. This achievement marks a significant advancement in orbital maintenance and precision engineering capabilities. AI

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China conducts world-first precision laser cutting experiment in space

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Victoria Bela ·

    China proves a cut above with world-first precision laser experiment in space

    China’s space scientists have become the first to carry out precision laser cutting in orbit, slicing a piece of “large-scale equipment” with a robotic arm fixed to the outside the Tiangong space station. The official Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday that millim…

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