Astronauts

Once a person gets selected to be an astronaut, he/she has to go through rigorous and extensive training for upto two years to become a fully qualified candidate. These astronauts are made to take survival training, medical procedures, language classes, etc, for them to be considered an efficient astronaut. To that end, ESA has a latest training adventure in underground cave where six astronauts from five different space agencies are getting trained for future exploration of uncharted terrains on the Moon and Mars.
This training course, named, CAVES, involves taking astronauts to the very depths of Earth to help improve their communication, problem-solving, and team-work skills. As a part of underground exploration, astronauts will have to follow the flow of air and water as telltale signs of new paths ahead. This crew of astronauts will be made to learn how to trace water. Moreover, to keep the element of exploration alive in astronauts, they are not made aware of the exact location of their training.
“The genesis of caves, mysterious groundwater flow and subterranean life still pose numerous scientific questions. Astronauts could help us answer them,” mentioned Franci Gabrovšek, professor, Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU, Slovenia.

Astronauts undergo a week of preparation above and underground after which they are set to explore a cave in Slovenia where they have to live and work for six days. “It is all part of a simulation, but the experience is the closest you can get on this planet to the environmental, psychological and logistics constraints of a space mission. The training involves real science, real operations and real astronauts with the best speleologists in the field,” explains Loredana Bessone, course designer.
CAVES training started last week on September 11 where the “cavenauts” from NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency, Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), and JAXA will be working there. Also, these six astronauts will be supported by a team of instructors and safety personnels where they will make their own decisions and work autonomously.
Image Credit: ESA
TOPICS: SCIENCE, SCIENCE, GENESIS BY MASHABLE INDIA, ASTRONAUT TRAINING, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, ESA, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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