Tim Peake drives remote robot on Earth from orbit

UK astronaut Tim Peake has begun his big remote control experiment on the space station.
He is commanding a robot rover on Earth, driving it across a big sandpit in Stevenage that simulates the surface of the Red Planet. The Briton is clearly enjoying himself, racing through the tasks he was set. It is all part of a European Space Agency project that aims to learn how astronauts can operate systems on other worlds at a distance. continue