Now that's a remote control! Tim Peake is set to drive a robotic rover on Earth from the ISS as part of the ExoMars mission

Tim Peake is set to control a robot rover while orbiting the Earth from space in a pioneering experiment at midday BST (7am ET) today. The British astronaut will remotely navigate the explorer through a simulated Martian landscape from the International Space Station today. The experiment, part of the ExoMars project, will take place in a hangar at Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage. The British astronaut (pictured) will remotely navigate the'Bridget' explorer through a simulated Martian landscape from the International Space Station today. Major Peake tweeted yesterday: 'Looking forward to giving rover Bridget in Stevenage, UK, a test-drive from space.' Building on previous test and experiment campaigns, the European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space UK are working together to investigate distributed control of robots in a simulated planetary environment.