Training astronauts for the Moon

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Astronauts with their sights on the Moon receive world-class geology training during the fifth edition of ESA’s Pangaea campaign.

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA’s Stephanie Wilson joined the course to learn how to read a landscape, collect scientifically relevant rocks and effectively communicate their geological observations. From choosing landing sites for a future Artemis mission, to designing science operations for a moonwalk, the course challenges space explorers to become field scientists.

The astronauts gather a wealth of geological knowledge and learn how to be the eyes and ears of scientists on the ground through a balanced mix of theory and field trips across Europe. A crew of leading European planetary scientists and engineers make sure the trainees work in tandem using the best geology observation techniques.

The course began in September 2022 in the Italian Dolomites with lessons on martian geology and asteroids at the Bletterbach canyon.

During the second leg of the training, Alexander and Stephanie followed the footsteps of Apollo astronauts to study the Ries crater in Germany, one of the best-preserved impact craters on Earth, where American crews trained before their flight to the Moon.

The astronauts travelled to the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote for an intense week of training in November 2022, where they learned about the geological interactions between volcanic activity and water – two key factors in the search for life.

Follow the latest news about Pangaea training on Twitter, read all about it on the blog and watch their steps with our Flickr gallery.

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They're training to be geologists too! Lol. So much respect for these trainees and the program.

mooreandless
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Great Video! greetings from Punta Arenas, Chile!

GeoMagallanes
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A Lua está à nossa frente e estamos tão longe dela!! Tudo tem um começo ...um caminho até chegarmos ao apogeu...humanos na Lua!! Um trabalho minucioso e mais um passode todos os passos e etapas que é preciso alcancar para a conquista!! Muitas conquistas ESA na exploração!!

mariadaluzmoutinho
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As an American, I’m happy to hear Europe is getting its own manned spacecraft! I look forward to seeing how NASA and ESA work together in space over the coming years! 😄

(Edit): For those wondering, I’m talking about the Nyx spacecraft made by The Exploration Company

scoringbox
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Blessings Alexander! You're a very handsome & great astronaut!!! Love you❤

margaritachavez
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I've seen this this documentary called "Armageddon" and based on it i thought it was much easier to train geologists to be a astronauts. Why are we changing the rule which worked?! They saved our planet! Just train some geologists. I'm sure the space stuff is not so difficult.

MoonLander
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After all, all the planetoids we're currently moving on mostly consist of rocky material.
Better get knowledgeable boots on them.

Oreillion
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have we actually got a rocket to get us to the moon or building one?

Rat-nlxe
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the moon does not regenerate - the moon belongs to eternity
(rockets are eternal )

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