Moonwalk on Earth

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and ESA spacewalk instructor Hervé Stevenin analysing rock samples in close interaction with planetary geologists during the Pangaea-X campaign in November 2018.

Pangaea-X is a test campaign that brings together geology, high-tech survey equipment and space exploration. Astronauts, scientists, operations experts and instrumentation engineers work side-by-side to advance European know-how of integrated human and robotics mission operations.

An extension of ESA’s Pangaea geology training, the training involves working with the latest technologies in instrumentation, navigation, remote sensing, 3D imaging and geoscience equipment.

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