European Space Agency tests new device to rescue injured astronauts on Moon

The European Space Agency (ESA) has started testing the world’s fist device aimed to help future incapacitated astronauts and assist rescue missions on the moon.

Space agencies want to make sure that the upcoming human moon landing is as safe as possible. Hence, ESA recently tested out a pyramid-like device called the Lunar Evacuation System Assembly (LESA) can be operated by a single astronaut to help rescue any injured astronaut on the surface of the moon.

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The device is meant to extricate the injure astronauts by lifting them onto a mobile stretcher. As per ESA, LESA can also be easily ‘transported like a golf caddy’. The astronaut can then bring back their crewmate safely to a lander. This entire process should take less than 10 minutes, as estimated, reported CNN.

“There is no way an astronaut could carry their fallen crewmate over their shoulder while wearing an [extravehicular activity] EVA suit,” said ESA head of spacewalk training Hervé Stevenin.

According to Futurism, LESA is being tested by two members of NASA’s NEEMO 23 mission at the Aquarius laboratory around 62ft deep in ocean, since there are many natural similarities between the moon’s surface and ocean floor.

“The close parallels of inner and outer space exploration will be clearly demonstrated during this undersea mission,” NEEMO Project Lead Bill Todd said.