The European Robotic Arm is the first robot that can ‘walk’ around the Russian part of the International Space Station.
ERA has a length of over 11 m, and can anchor itself to the Station in multiple locations, moving backwards and forwards around the Russian segment with a large range of motion. Its home base will be the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, also called ‘Nauka’.
Astronauts will find in the European Robotic Arm a most valuable ally – it will save them precious time to do other work in space.
The crew in space can control ERA from both inside and outside the Space Station, a feature that no other robotic arm has offered before.
100% made-in-Europe, this intelligent robotic arm consists of two end effectors, two wrists, two limbs and one elbow joint together with electronics and cameras. Both ends act as either a 'hand' for the robot.
Credits: ESA
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Explore Baikonur Cosmodrome and all the activities that take place there.
Credits: ESA
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October is a month full of spacewalks. NASA astronauts will perform 3 extravehicular activities or EVAs to maintain the International Space Station. ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will help his crewmates get in their spacesuits and be there to help them back inside when they are finished.
Learn more about the why and how of spacewalks with the latest infographics.
Follow Paolo during his mission at paolonespoli.esa.int and via the VITA mission blog.
Credit: ESA
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Data relay is an essential part of Mars exploration, with commands sent to rovers and landers on the surface via orbiting spacecraft, and in turn, scientific data collected by the surface missions is sent back to Earth through the orbiter. All of ESA and NASA’s orbiters provide data relay services for surface missions, which currently comprises NASA’s Curiosity rover and Insight lander. The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is a key provider, relaying around 60% of NASA’s Mars surface data to Earth. TGO will be the primary relay for the second ExoMars mission in 2021, which comprises a rover and a surface science platform.
ESA has demonstrated expertise in studying Mars from orbit, now we are looking to secure a safe landing, to rove across the surface and to drill underground to search for evidence of life. Our orbiters are already in place to provide data relay services for surface missions. The next logical step is to bring samples back to Earth, to provide access to Mars for scientists globally, and to better prepare for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
This set of infographics highlight’s ESA’s contribution to Mars exploration as we ramp up to the launch of our second ExoMars mission, and look beyond to completing a Mars Sample Return mission.
Credits: ESA – S. Poletti
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A summary of key themes around the BepiColombo mission to Mercury, a joint endeavour between ESA and JAXA.
More about BepiColombo.
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