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Tricorder Microscope Training During ESA PANGEA 2025

by Keith Cowing

Editor’s note: Astronaut Thomas Pesquet carries out investigations with the spectrometer associated with the ESA Electronic FieldBook

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Astronaut Away Team Training At Tinguaton

by Keith Cowing

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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Tricorder Tech: A Closer Look At The ESA Electronic FieldBook Associated Microscope

by Keith Cowing

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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ESA PANGAEA Astronaut Away Team Training With Tricorders And Cameras

by Keith Cowing

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

by Keith Cowing

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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