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Tricorder Tech: ESA Away Team Portable Microscope Training

by Keith CowingAugust 19, 2025

ESA portable microscope Larger image -- ESA

Astronaut Arnaud Prost is taking closeup pictures of a sample through a portable microscope to evaluate the mineral phases.

Astronauts Use Tricorders And Geology Tools During ESA Away Team Training, ESA
ESA Tricorder Practice With A Microscope, ESA

Astrobiology, Astrogeology,

Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp... More by Keith Cowing

Tricorder Tech: ESA Away Team Portable Microscope Training

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