NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson and ESA astronaut Alexander Guerst during their training along the rim of the Caldera Blanca volcano.
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Astronauts Use Tricorders And Geology Tools During ESA Away Team Training
While NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson has created a small trench to analyze with a portable spectrometer some levels of now-buried rock deposits, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst looks for more clues […]
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Away Team Training: Turning Astronauts Into Planetary Explorers
ESA’s geology training course PANGAEA has come of age with the publication of a paper that describes the quest for designing the best possible geology training for the next astronauts […]