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October 30, 2018 - Space - The geology field training course Pangaea is back for its third leg. Designed to train astronauts and explorers on planetary formation and detecting signs of life, the Pangaea course combines classroom lectures with field trips to sites of geological interest. Led by European scientists, this year's participants include ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and ESA expert Aidan Cowley. They were introduced to geological processes, how to interpret rock formations and explorationtools before moving out into the field to put their knowledge into practice. Starting in Germany, the team learned about impact craters at the world's best preserved impact site: the Ries crater. The team then moved on to explore landscapes that resemble Mars at the Bletterbach canyon in the Italian Dolomites. From 11 to 16 November the team will get to explore the most Martian of all Earth-based landscapes: Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. (Credit Image: ? NASA/ESA/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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Daily Round Up - 3 Nov 2018
October 30, 2018 - Space - The geology field training course Pangaea is back for its third leg. Designed to train astronauts and explorers on planetary formation and detecting signs of life, the Pangaea course combines classroom lectures with field trips to sites of geological interest. Led by European scientists, this year's participants include ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and ESA expert Aidan Cowley. They were introduced to geological processes, how to interpret rock formations and explorationtools before moving out into the field to put their knowledge into practice. Starting in Germany, the team learned about impact craters at the world's best preserved impact site: the Ries crater. The team then moved on to explore landscapes that resemble Mars at the Bletterbach canyon in the Italian Dolomites. From 11 to 16 November the team will get to explore the most Martian of all Earth-based landscapes: Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. (Credit Image: ? NASA/ESA/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)