Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin on European Robotic Arm | International Space Station

Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin on European Robotic Arm | International Space Station

Expedition 71/72 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Don Pettit: "Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin on the European Robotic Arm (ERA) during a space walk on Expedition 72 to ISS. A gibbous moon is framed beneath the elbow joint. Photo by Ivan Vogner."

The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is a robotic arm that is attached to the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the International Space Station. Launched to the ISS in July 2021; it is the first robotic arm that is able to work on the Russian Segment of the station. The arm supplements the two Russian Strela cargo cranes. The ERA was developed for the European Space Agency (ESA). 

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth on April 19, 2025, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. Pettit spent 220 days in space, earning him a total of 590 days in space over the course of his four spaceflights. He orbited the Earth 3,520 times, traveling 93.3 million miles in low-Earth orbit.

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Expedition 75 Crew
Station Commander: Jessica Meir
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Anna Kikina, Pyotr Dubrov
European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot
NASA Flight Engineers: Jack Hathaway, Anil Menon

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Credit: NASA/JSC/D. Pettit
Release Date: Aug. 16, 2026

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