PANGAEA (Planetary Analogue Geological and Astrobiological Exercise for Astronauts) is an astronaut training course developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). It provides foundational knowledge and skills primarily in field geology to prepare astronauts for advanced mission-specific training for Moon and Mars missions. PANGAEA also incorporates the development and testing of technologies to support planetary exploration.[1][2][3][4]
PANGAEA participants edit
PANGAEA has trained astronauts and cosmonauts from ESA, NASA and Roscosmos, including several from the Artemis Team.[5]
PANGAEA 2016 edit
- Luca Parmitano – ESA astronaut
- Matthias Maurer – ESA astronaut
- Pedro Duque – ESA astronaut
PANGAEA 2017 edit
- Samantha Cristoforetti – ESA astronaut
- Hervé Stevenin – ESA EVA instructor
- William Carrey – ESA robotics engineer
- Shahrzad Hosseini – ESA scientist
PANGAEA 2018 edit
- Thomas Reiter – ESA astronaut
- Sergej Kud’-Sverčkov – Roscosmos cosmonaut
- Aidan Cowley – ESA science advisor and Spaceship EAC lead
PANGAEA 2021 edit
- Kathleen Rubins – NASA astronaut
- Andreas Mogensen – ESA astronaut
- Robin Eccleston – ESA research fellow
PANGAEA 2022-2023 edit
- Stephanie Wilson – NASA astronaut
- Alexander Gerst – ESA astronaut
Lofoten session[6]
- Alexander Gerst – ESA astronaut
- Samantha Cristoforetti - ESA astronaut
References edit
- ^ Francesco Sauro, Samuel J. Payler, Matteo Massironi, Riccardo Pozzobon, Harald Hiesinger, Nicolas Mangold, Charles S. Cockell, Jesus Martínez Frias, Kåre Kullerud, Leonardo Turchi, Igor Drozdovskiy, Loredana Bessone, Training astronauts for scientific exploration on planetary surfaces: The ESA PANGAEA programme, Acta Astronautica, Volume 204, 2023, Pages 222-238, ISSN 0094-5765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.12.034.
- ^ "What is Pangaea?". www.esa.int.
- ^ Williams, Matt (September 14, 2016). "Get That Geologist A Flight Suit!".
- ^ Agency, European Space. "Training astronauts to be scientists on the moon". phys.org.
- ^ Potter, Sean (December 9, 2020). "NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions". NASA.
- ^ "Train me to the Moon and back". www.esa.int. Retrieved 2023-07-21.