this dusty landscape is not the moon but volcanic ground on the spanish island of land serota muchas mara and french astronaut trainer every step along are gearing up for the next moon landing they're testing equipment and gathering igneous rock which is similar to that found on the moon if much has mara does make it to the moon he'll need to be able to identify everything he sees doesn't mean that's a lose even a mineral that comes from deep underground from close to the earth's mantle geologists are really keen on making a discovery like this on the moon. because samples like this could tell you a lot about the moon's composition and see if the. mahler is one of 7 astronauts preparing for what may be the next manned flight to the moon liftoff could be in 2024. they station from our is the astronaut training center at the european space agency in cologne. china is investing heavily in space technology so much he has mauer is learning mandarin as well as russian he wants to work with chinese astronauts and eventually fly to their planned space station. woman from or tied to chose fro