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Tricorder Tech: ESA CAVES 2026 Cavenauts Use An Electronic FieldBook

by Keith Cowing

Astronauts Tracy Dyson (NASA), Rosemary Coogan (ESA) and Ayu Yoneda (JAXA) measuring water parameters and recording them in the Electronic FieldBook during ESA CAVES2026 course.

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ISAS/JAXA Campaign Using A Swarm Of Small Robots

by Keith Cowing

The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), in collaboration with Chuo University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and CSIRO, Australia’s national […]

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Subsurface Life On Earth As A Key To Unlock Extraterrestrial Mysteries

by Keith Cowing

The first forms of life on Earth were microbial, preceding the evolution of multicellular life by more than two billion years.

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Tricorder Tech: NASA Goddard Instrument Away Team On Hawaii

by Keith Cowing

Editor’s note: This story is adapted from content originally published on NASA social media accounts in September 2022.

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Caves On Earth As Proxies For Martian Subsurface Environments

by Keith Cowing

On planet Earth, the inner part of cave systems represents an extreme and isolated environment, characterized by relatively stable microclimatic conditions, nutrient limitation and protection from external stressors such as […]

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ESA Away Team Training: Underground Microbiology

by Keith Cowing

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).

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Tricorder Tech: The Development and Demonstration of the Portable Acousto‐Optic Spectrometer for Astrobiology in Cave Environments

by Keith Cowing

Planetary caves are desirable environments for the search for biosignatures corresponding to extant or extinct extraterrestrial life due to the protection they offer from surface-level solar radiation and ionizing particles.

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