[ESA] The exercise was an important rehearsal for what the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover might encounter when it lands on the Red Planet in 2030. It brought together a rover […]
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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 […]
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ESA Astronaut Away Team Practice With The Artemis HULC camera
NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner testing the NASA Artemis HULC camera during a session of the ESA PANGAEA planetary geological field training in Corona lava tube, Lanzarote, Spain.
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Away Team Tech: Spain’s Hypersaline Tirez Lagoon Proposed As A Mars ‘Astrobiological Time-Analog’
The ongoing search for signs of life on Mars relies in part on terrestrial analogs – places on Earth closely resembling the past or current geology and climate of the […]