It was great to host M. Pesquet here at ESTEC for a few days! 😉
Last time I was in touch with ESA’s Space Research and technology Centre (ESTEC), I was in space. Pun intended 😉 In January, I tested the Haptics-2-experiment, telerobotics equipment that was linked to Earth which allowed me to operate a joystick located at ESTEC in the Netherlands.. from space! I even shook hands with some of the team members on the ground. Great to meet some of them on Earth yesterday! The purpose of the experiment is to find new ways for future astronauts to control rovers on other planets.
More information here: http://blogs.esa.int/thomas-pesquet/2017/01/31/feeling-earth-from-space
