Using xFerra

Using xFerra communication system.

As with any astronaut mission, science and technology are an important part of ESA's underground training course. The 2016 course will test new equipment to make 3D maps of the caves they explore using photograph-based measurements. They will set up basecamp further into the caves than ever before and talk with (above)-ground control via xFerra, a novel and powerful communication system that can transmit through 800 m of rock.