The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is due to launch into space today, and it will be the first robot that can ‘walk’ around the Russian part of the International Space Station (ISS). The ERA – dubbed a Smart Spacewalker – is set for launch on a Proton rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome today (21 June) ...

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