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September 14, 2015

Supervising two rovers from space
Paris (ESA) Sep 13, 2015
ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is proving to be an expert space driver after commanding two rovers from space this week. As part of ESA's Meteron project, Andreas drove a second, car-sized rover from the International Space Station to repair a mockup lunar base in the Netherlands. Andreas directly controlled the Eurobot rover in a simulated troubleshooting Moon scenario. A second rover was controlled by ESA's centre in Germany, allowing Andreas to focus on Eurobot and intervene if necessary. ... read more

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