Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

• Published in: Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Vera, Jean-Pierre de, Alawi, Mashal, Backhaus, Theresa, Baqué, Mickael, Billi, Daniela, Böttger, Ute, Berger, Thomas, Bohmeier, Maria, Cockell, Charles, Demets, René, De la Torre Noetzel, R., Edwards, H. G. M., Elsaesser, Andreas, Fagliarone, Claudia, Fiedler, Annelie, Foing, Bernard, Foucher, Frédéric, Fritz, Jörg, Hanke, Franziska, Herzog, Thomas, Horneck, Gerda, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Huwe, Björn, Joshi, Jasmin, Kozyrovska, Natalia, Kruchten, Martha, Lasch, Peter, Lee, Natuschka, Leuko, Stefan, Leya, Thomas, Lorek, Andreas, Martínez-Frías, J., Meessen, Joachim, Moritz, Sophie, Moeller, Ralf, Olsson-Francis, Karen, Onofri, Silvano, Ott, Sieglinde, Pacelli, Claudia, Podolich, Olga, Rabbow, Elke, Reitz, Güenther, Rettberg, Petra, Reva, Oleg, Rothschild, Lynn, García Sancho, Leopoldo, Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, Selbmann, Laura, Serrano, Paloma, Szewzyk, Ulrich, Verseux, Cyprien, Wadsworth, J., Wagner, Dirk, Westall, Frances, Wolter, David, Zucconi, Laura
• Other Authors: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, German Centre for Air and Space Travel, Helmholtz Association, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2019
• Subjects: EXPOSE-R2; BIOMEX; Habitability; Limits of life; Extremophiles; Mars; Zvezda; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/187356; https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002946; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004742; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001656; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003981

BIOMEX (BIOlogy and Mars EXperiment) is an ESA/Roscosmos space exposure experiment housed within the exposure facility EXPOSE-R2 outside the Zvezda module on the International Space Station (ISS). The design of the multiuser facility supports—among others—the BIOMEX investigations into the stability...