ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner and JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, trainees of ESA PANGAEA2023 course, test the microscope connected to the Electronic FieldBook.
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Tricorder Tech: Astrobiological Applications Of μ-mapping X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
Many low-temperature planetary surface processes leave traces of their actions as features in the size range from 0.01 mm to several mm. Syn-sedimentary, authigenic and diagenetic features at the higher […]
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Tricorder Tech: A Closer Look At The ESA Electronic FieldBook Associated Microscope
A detail of the observation, using the ESA Electronic FieldBook associated microscope, made by astronauts Thomas Pesquet (ESA), Takuya Onishi (JAXA) and Jessica Wittner (NASA) during the traverse in the […]
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Tricorder Tech: Building Images Photon-by-photon To Increase The Information Content Provided By Microscopes
Editor’s note: as we develop the instruments – our tricorders – to equip Away Teams as they search for life, it is imperative that these devices be as efficient and […]
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Tricorder Tech: Using ESA Electronic FieldBook And Spectrometer During Away Team Practice
Having found a site of interest, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet investigates with the spectrometer while JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi uses the microscope, associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook.
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Tricorder Tech: Astronaut Kate Rubins Uses ESA’s Electronic FieldBook Microscope In A Cave
NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins performing detailed analyses with the EFB-associated microscope.
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Tricorder Tech: PicoRuler: Molecular Rulers For High-resolution Microscopy
Editor’s note: you and/or your robotic assistants are exploring a new world where life exists. You are trying to understand its basic genomics, cell structure, and other aspects of its […]
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Tricorder Tech: Kate Rubins Practices Away Team Skills With ESA’s Electronic FieldBook Microscope
A close-up view of NASA astronaut Kate Rubins as she analyzes images from the microscope associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook (EFB) to better recognize minerals contained in rocks outcropping […]
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Offworld Life Science Research: Microscope Operations In the ISS Kibo Module
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa turns off a microscope in the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module and removes samples for the […]
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Away Team Report: ISS Expedition 70: Microscopic Imaging Of Brain Cells On The International Space Station
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Commander Andreas Mogensen operates a microscope inside the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module.