Also known as the Moon on Earth, the LUNA facility near the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany, was unveiled in September 2024, a simulated lunar environment that prepares our return to the Moon. To celebrate, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer joined forces with our robotics experts to showcase their cutting-edge machines Interact and Spot, and the potential of human-robot teamwork for space exploration. 

Here, the human-robot interaction team practise their fully-autonomous choreography just a few hours before the event. 

Find out more about how the team prepared the show: https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/making-a-moon-robot-show-on-earth