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[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

The #Analog1 science team in Cologne, Germany have all they need from Luca as a successful sampling session draws to a close. Well done @astro_luca and everyone involved ✔️

[ESA Technology @ESA_Tech]

#Analog1 mission accomplished ahead of schedule, @astro_luca working from @Space_Station has performed remote control sampling from all 3 sample sites in the cavernous Dutch hangar. Now the assembled journalists are allowed to use wifi again!

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

At the third sampling site already, @astro_luca shows off the fine motor controls that are possible with the #Analog1 rover to pick up some small gravel – from space!

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

This is the view @astro_luca is seeing from the International @Space_Station, he is conversing with the science team at the European Astronaut Centre to decide which rocks to inspect – like a real lunar mission from orbit. #Analog1

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

@astro_luca And the first sample is in the bag! In collaboration with the science team in Germany, @astro_luca on the International Space Station picked up a rock from a simulated lunar surface in the Netherlands and is now headed to the next sampling site for #Analog1

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

And we are off! The #Analog1 Interact rover starts to move with @astro_luca at the controls circling Earth at 400 km altitude above the Bering Sea – while traveling 28 800 km/h!

[ESA_Italia @ESA_Italia]

L'astronauta @esa @astro_luca dalla @Space_Station ha stabilito un primo contatto con il rover #Analog1 , a Terra. Nell'immagine possiamo vedere, in basso a sinistra, la sua mano mentre controlla il robot. Seguite @esaspaceflight per altre immagini ed aggiornamenti

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

Shot earlier this week, this video shows the track @astro_luca needs to command the #Analog1 rover through.
Last Monday the astronaut aced his driving test from space: https://t.co/jbppawNuK1

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

@astro_luca @Space_Station @esa_meteron @ESA_Tech @ESA_CAVES @pozzoq @arosp @ESA_ExoMars This is a view of the first site that @astro_luca will survey from space for #Analog1. He has to inspect the smaller rocks and liaise with a science team at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪 to decide which rocks are interesting for science.

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

This is the route @astro_luca will navigate today with the #Analog1 Interact rover from the @Space_Station, starting from 11:00 CET.

The goal: operate a rover to three sites and pick up scientifically interesting rocks for later analysis.

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

From spacewalking 👨‍🚀 to ground roving 🤖– today @astro_luca on the @Space_Station will operate the Interact rover in the Netherlands. It’s all part of an experiment called #Analog1 as we look to the Moon and #Beyond. https://t.co/5OoyreoyaI

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

Sample confirmed by the science team. Next step is to store it in the sample canister and head off to the next waypoint. Well done!

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

The science team @ESTEC has selected another rock to sample. Our @CSA rover driving team is about to collect it soon. @esaoperations

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

Day 4 of the joint @ESA / @CSA lunar surface roving simulation #HERACLES

[Canadian Space Agency @csa_asc]

The CSA is currently leading a simulated rover mission to the #Moon with our national and international partners. Practicing lunar missions on #Earth allows us to test technologies so that they will eventually be ready to conduct experiments on the Moon’s surface.

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

@ESA rover driving team has successfully reached the northern zone of the landing site. Another remarkable day of lunar surface @esaoperations! Will continue tomorrow, this time with @CSA driving team, Surface operations still with ESOC. Dropping the mic for today "@ESA out"

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

Successfully transferred the sample canister to the lander and heading now over to explore the north east zone of the landing site! The ground teams @CSA / @ESA are keen to get their hands on the samples! #HERACLES

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

Safely storing the samples to the lander!

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

The rover is approaching the lander and the surface operations team will try to transfer a sample canister. It contains two rocks, fine and course regolith as requested to be picked up by the science team.

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

After having another sample collected and stored on the rover, the next step is to transfer the sample canister back to the lander!

[esa_meteron @esa_meteron]

The @esa_meteron surface operations team on console at ESOC