Astronaut On The ISS Controls Rover On Earth

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Mogensen is seen here controlling the rover on 7 Sept 2015. ESA.

An astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully controlled a robot back here on lowly planet Earth, a technique known as telerobotics. The experiment is important because we may use a similar technique to explore worlds beyond Earth – such as Mars – in the future.