Exploring ancient river in the Bletterbach canyon

The Bletterbach canyon, in Italy, shows an incredible succession of Permian aged sedimentary rocks. The ancient environment used to be a river millions of years ago.

ESA’s PANGAEA training course prepares astronauts and space engineers to identify planetary geological features during future missions to the Moon and Mars.

The geology campaign provides the crew with introductory and practical knowledge to find interesting rock samples and assess the most likely places to find traces of life on other planets. Leading European planetary geologists share their insights into the geology of the Solar System.