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ESA Explores: ERA for astronauts

ESA Explores: ERA for astronauts

Update: 2021-07-18
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ESA astronaut André Kuipers first encountered the European Robotic Arm (ERA) on paper, when it was intended for a proposed spaceplane called Hermes. Many iterations later, this European-built robot will soon be launched to the International Space Station – its new home in orbit. In this episode André shares how he trained with ERA underwater in Moscow, Russia and talks us through its features from an astronaut's perspective.



The launch will be streamed live on ESA Web TV: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_Web_TV 

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ESA Explores: ERA for astronauts

ESA Explores: ERA for astronauts

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