NASA astronaut Jessica Meir’s video log of the first day of the extended exploration phase of ESA’s underground training course CAVES. <br /> <br />Six astronauts from China, Japan, USA, Spain and Russia will spend six nights in caves of Sardinia, Italy, to explore the depths and train for life in outer space. <br /> <br />Jessica is the team’s biologist and is tasked with searching for alien underground life. She discusses the scientific tasks of the day running experiments with anthropods. <br /> <br />CAVES – Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behaviour and performance Skills – focuses on multicultural approaches to leadership, following orders, teamwork and decision-making. At the end of the course the astronauts will have a better understanding of how they function in a multicultural team and what they are skilled at, as well as areas for self-improvement. <br /> <br />Follow the underground adventure on Twitter via @ESA_CAVES, and on the CAVES blog: http://blogs.esa.int/caves.
