Slam dunk for Andreas in space controlling rover on ground

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 07:30 in Astronomy & Space

Putting a round peg in a round hole is not hard to do by someone standing next to it. But yesterday ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen did this while orbiting 400 km up aboard the International Space Station, remotely operating a rover and its robotic arm on the ground.

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