When astronauts returned from NASA’s final Apollo Moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and carefully stored away in the hope that future researchers using […]
Astronauts and Explorers
ESA Offworld Astronaut Cave Exploration Training
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli took pictures of MBRSC astronaut Mohammad AlMulla while he was conducting a microbiological investigation close to the underground base camp in Abel Cave.
ESA Away Team Training: Underground Microbiology
Ettore Lopo and Marco Vattano, the science team of ESA CAVES 2025 course, explain the latest details of microbiological analyses to astronauts Mohammad AlMulla (MBRSC) and Makoto Suwa (JAXA).
ESA Underground Astronaut Training For Offworld Cave Exploration
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is ready to descend the active shaft in Abel Cave to reach the underground base camp.
ESA Away Team Tricorder Training
ESA is developing a digital tool to support lunar exploration. The Electronic Field Book (EFB) is an all-in-one information system that exchanges data and integrates science activities in remote environments.
Former USGS Geologist Lauren Edgar Selected As A NASA Astronaut Candidate
Meet Lauren Edgar, once a geologist studying the Earth, Moon, and Mars, now one of NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s newest astronaut candidates!
NASA/APS Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration And Field Research in Astrobiology
The American Philosophical Society and the NASA Astrobiology Program have partnered to promote the continued exploration of the world around us through a research award of up to $5,000 in […]
Astronaut Away Team Field Training In Iceland
Editor’s note: when it comes to conducting field trips – sorties – Away Team missions – on another world, astrogeology and astrobiology and astrochemistry overlap with one another all the […]
Offworld Biology: Astronaut Zena Cardman Prepares Liver Tissue Research
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Zena Cardman works inside a portable glovebag aboard the International Space Station’s Harmony module.
Tricorder Tech: ESA Away Team Portable Microscope Training
Astronaut Arnaud Prost is taking closeup pictures of a sample through a portable microscope to evaluate the mineral phases. Astrobiology, Astrogeology,
