ESA is now training astronauts in identifying planetary geological features for future missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids. This Pangaea course – named after the ancient supercontinent – will help astronauts to find interesting rock samples as well as to assess the most likely places to find traces of life on other planets. <br /> <br />This video introduces the course through interviews with the instructors and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano held during Pangaea’s first session in Bressanone, Italy, September 2016. <br /> <br />More about Pangaea: <br />http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Caves/Astronaut_geological_field_training_on_a_Mars_analogue
