Proton with Nauka and ERA on the launch pad

The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is set for launch on a Proton rocket to the International Space Station on 21 July at 16:58 CEST. Intensive preparations for launch readiness continue from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at launch pad 200. 

The first robot that can ‘walk’ around the Russian part of the orbital complex will be launched with the new Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, also known as 'Nauka'.