Astronaut Tim Peake has
taken control of a robotic rover on Earth while in orbit on board the
International Space Station, driving it across a test area designed to look
like Mars.The former Army test
pilot used a console on board the ISS to remotely drive a prototype Mars Rover,
called Bridget, around a dark sand-covered yard in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
The test was designed to
mimic what it would be like to use a robotic rover to explore a dark cave on
the red planet, but midway through the test engineers had to come to his rescue
after he hit a rock.
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
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