Scientists can study protein solutions without interference from container walls and gravity driven forces present on Earth using the space station’s Ring Sheared Drop module.
Takuya Onishi
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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 […]
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Astronaut Away Team Training At Tinguaton
After receiving feedback from the science backroom, astronauts Takuya Onishi (JAXA), Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Jessica Wittner (NASA) proceeded to sample small quantities of pyroclasts.
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ESA Tricorder Practice With A Microscope
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: 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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Away Team Astronauts Practice Descent Skills During ESA CAVES Training
Editor’s note: Circular pits – and caves – have been discovered on the Moon and on Mars. They have been suggested as possible locations for establishing base camp infrastructure since […]
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ESA Away Team Training: Geological Sample Collection
NASA astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner (NASA), astronauts Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Takuya Onishi (JAXA) documenting the collection of geological samples during a field traverse of the ESA PANGAEA course.
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ESA PANGAEA Astronaut Away Team Training With Tricorders And Cameras
Astronaut candidate Jessica Wittner (NASA), astronauts Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Takuya Onishi (JAXA) documenting the collection of geological samples during a field traverse of the ESA PANGAEA course using the […]
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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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ESA-JAXA Away Team Practices Away Mission Photography
ESA and JAXA astronauts recently conducted familiarization tryouts for the NASA Artemis HULC camera during a session of the ESA PANGAEA planetary geological field training in Lanzarote, Spain.