{"id":242834,"date":"2016-09-13T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?guid=e95e101ab5c4ada7875f7845e9d6fae9"},"modified":"2016-09-13T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:55:00","slug":"studying-meteorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=242834","title":{"rendered":"Studying meteorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2016\/09\/studying_meteorites\/16132997-1-eng-GB\/Studying_meteorites_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nClockwise from top: ESA\u2019s Matthias Maurer, Lina Tomelleri, Giorgio Tomelleri, Anna Maria Fioretti from the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG), an institute of National Research Council of Italy, and ESA astronauts Pedro Duque and Luca Parmitano.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe group are posing with meteorites during the Pangaea course that is teaching astronauts how to identify interesting rock samples, as well as assess the most likely places to find traces of life on other planets.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe group are now in Bressanone, Italy, learning the theory of how planets formed, followed by field trips to apply their knowledge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe course is organised together with the Centre of Studies and Activities for Space at the University of Padova, Italy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFollow the course on Twitter via&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/esa_caves\">@ESA_CAVES<\/a>&nbsp;or with hashtag #Pangaea, on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHskJc1QAf\">Flickr<\/a>&nbsp;and on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/caves\/category\/pangaea\/\">blog<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe second part of the course will start in October on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2016\/09\/studying_meteorites\/16132997-1-eng-GB\/Studying_meteorites_small.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"96\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\"><\/p>\n<p>\nClockwise from top: ESA&rsquo;s Matthias Maurer, Lina Tomelleri, Giorgio Tomelleri, Anna Maria Fioretti from the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG), an institute of National Research Council of Italy, and ESA astronauts Pedro Duque and Luca Parmitano.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe group are posing with meteorites during the Pangaea course that is teaching astronauts how to identify interesting rock samples, as well as assess the most likely places to find traces of life on other planets.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe group are now in Bressanone, Italy, learning the theory of how planets formed, followed by field trips to apply their knowledge.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe course is organised together with the Centre of Studies and Activities for Space at the University of Padova, Italy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFollow the course on Twitter via&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/esa_caves\">@ESA_CAVES<\/a>&nbsp;or with hashtag #Pangaea, on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHskJc1QAf\">Flickr<\/a>&nbsp;and on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esa.int\/caves\/category\/pangaea\/\">blog<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe second part of the course will start in October on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, 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