communications

Moon

Esprit reviews for Gateway – it’s protocol

Posted on Tuesday June 6th, 2023 by julien

A critical design review occurred in April for the communications antenna ESA is supplying for NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) on the Gateway. Time to catch up with ESA’s Esprit project lead Luca Stagnaro on this milestone. Luca is responsible for both elements that make up Esprit, the Esprit HALO lunar communications system (known […]

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Operations

A backbone network for a robotic arm

Posted on Thursday July 8th, 2021 by Nadjejda

The robotic arm gently transfers the astronaut to the far end of the International Space Station to install a radiator on the Russian side. A mix of commands and data flows between the robot and the human in outer space, and between the crew inside the station and the teams on Earth.