{"id":398231,"date":"2017-11-02T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?guid=bfca249b9d2007167c911da1b12dcfa8"},"modified":"2017-11-02T06:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T10:35:00","slug":"quarry-queries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=398231","title":{"rendered":"Quarry queries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2017\/11\/quarry_queries\/17232626-1-eng-GB\/Quarry_queries_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nA prototype rover is commanded to drive in and sample a quarry resembling a lunar site. The image shows a virtual reality impression of the test.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe rover is a key element of the ESA-led Heracles mission in cooperation with the Canadian Space Agency CSA and Japan\u2019s JAXA space agency.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHeracles is studying the potential of human\u2013robot partnerships for exploring the Solar System, beginning with the still-unexplored far side of the Moon. Astronauts tele-operating the rover from lunar orbit will help to select better, more pristine samples to return to Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe test took place in mid-October at St Alphons de Granby quarry in Quebec, Canada. The site was chosen for its Moon-like landscape.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nESA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinimages\/Images\/2017\/10\/Simulating_lunar_surface_operations\">control centre in Darmstadt, Germany<\/a> and CSA took turns operating the vehicle.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAn animated version of the activities can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/rovers\/lunar-exploration-analogue-deployment.asp\">here<\/a>. For more on lunar exploration, explore ESA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/lunarexploration.esa.int\/#\/intro\">interactive guide to the Moon<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2017\/11\/quarry_queries\/17232626-1-eng-GB\/Quarry_queries_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\"><\/p>\n<p>\nA prototype rover is commanded to drive in and sample a quarry resembling a lunar site. The image shows a virtual reality impression of the test.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe rover is a key element of the ESA-led Heracles mission in cooperation with the Canadian Space Agency CSA and Japan&rsquo;s JAXA space agency.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHeracles is studying the potential of human&ndash;robot partnerships for exploring the Solar System, beginning with the still-unexplored far side of the Moon. Astronauts tele-operating the rover from lunar orbit will help to select better, more pristine samples to return to Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe test took place in mid-October at St Alphons de Granby quarry in Quebec, Canada. The site was chosen for its Moon-like landscape.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nESA&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinimages\/Images\/2017\/10\/Simulating_lunar_surface_operations\">control centre in Darmstadt, Germany<\/a> and CSA took turns operating the vehicle.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAn animated version of the activities can be seen <a href=\"http:\/\/asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/rovers\/lunar-exploration-analogue-deployment.asp\">here<\/a>. For more on lunar exploration, explore ESA&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/lunarexploration.esa.int\/#\/intro\">interactive guide to the Moon<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398232,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398231\/revisions\/398232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}