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The Microbial Inhabitants of the Corona Lava Tube: Astrobiological Insights from a Mars Analog Environment

by Keith Cowing

Lava tubes are recognized as strategic targets in the search for life on Mars. The Corona Lava Tube System in Lanzarote serves as a terrestrial analog for martian subsurface environments […]

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Tricorder Tech: Autonomous Mars Rover Module for Soil Sampling and Life Component Analysis

by Keith Cowing

The search for extraterrestrial life has long been a primary focus of scientific exploration, driven by rapid advancements in technology and our understanding of the universe.

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Tricorder Tech For Everyone: NASA’s STELLA Open Science Instrument

by Keith Cowing

Editor’s note: NASA has just authored a paper on a new way for people with a wide variety of interests to use – and build – sensor technology that is […]

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Tricorder Tech: NASA Goddard Instrument Away Team On Hawaii

by Keith Cowing

Editor’s note: This story is adapted from content originally published on NASA social media accounts in September 2022.

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Away Team Training: Tricorder Use During Cave Microbiology Assay

by Keith Cowing

MBRSC astronaut Mohammad AlMulla took pictures of NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli while she was conducting a microbiological investigation close to the underground base camp in Abel Cave.

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