Astronaut Arnaud Prost is taking closeup pictures of a sample through a portable microscope to evaluate the mineral phases. Astrobiology, Astrogeology,
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Tricorder Microscope Training During ESA PANGEA 2025
Editor’s note: Astronaut Thomas Pesquet carries out investigations with the spectrometer associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook
Offworld Biomedical Research Inside A Microgravity Science Glovebox
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim conducts research operations inside the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station.
Orbital Biotechnology Research
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi processes cassettes containing biological fluid samples for installation inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4, a research facility that […]
Offworld Microbiology Sample Processing
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Anne McClain works in the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Sciences Glovebox processing bacteria samples before viewing them inside a 3D imaging microscope called […]
ESA Tricorder Away Team Training In A Lava Tube
ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan uses the microscope associated to the Electronic FieldBook, to investigate some deposits on the Corona lava tube walls.
Astronauts Swab The Space Station’s Exterior For Microbes (Update)
UPDATE: Astronaut Suni Williams conducted this EVA on 30 January 2025. Earlier post: Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples during crew spacewalks […]
ESA Away Team Training With Tricorders
Rosemary Coogan (ESA), Arnaud Prost (ESA astronaut reserve) and Norishige Kanai (JAXA), trainees of ESA PANGAEA course, investigate some deposits, using the microscope associated with the Electronic FieldBook.
Away Team Update: Exploring Volcanic Caves To Advancing The Search For Life On Mars
Through the intricate study of lava tubes — caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down — an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth’s ancient environments […]
ESA PANGEA Away Team Awaiting Beam Up From Tinguaton Crater
ESA PANGAEA course trainees Rosemary Coogan (ESA), Arnaud Prost (ESA astronaut reserve) and Norishige Kanai (JAXA), on the ridge of the Tinguaton crater.
