DLRISS robotics experiment "Surface Avatar" successfully completed
With four robots and a live link to the International Space Station (ISS), the 'terrestrial Mars' of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen was unusually busy. On July 24, 2025, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim on board the ISS was in command of the intelligent robot team on the ground, which helped him to safely explore the 'Martian landscape' and collect samples.
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ESA's Spot robot completed the first task of the surface avatar experiment by independently searching for sample containers in the Martian landscape and bringing them to the transfer station. ISS crew member Jonny Kim gave the command with just a few clicks. © DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)