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Proxima was the name given to ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s six-month mission on the International Space Station. He worked on the weightless research laboratory and ran scientific experiments for hundreds of researchers on Earth. Thomas left our planet on 17 November 2016 from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz rocket with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and commander-cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and returned to Earth on 15 May 2017. This image was taken on 23/02/2017 by Thomas Pesquet during the Proxima mission and was published on social media with the following comments in English and French. "The robotic arm is one the most essential parts of the International Space Station and is used for every capture and berthing of supply spacecraft." "Le bras robotique est un des systèmes les plus essentiels de la station. Il le démontre notamment à chaque capture de véhicules ravitailleurs"