Implementing bioburden reduction and control on the deliquescent hydrogel of the HABIT/ExoMars 2022 instrument

• Published in: Acta Astronautica
• Main Authors: Mathanlal, Thasshwin, Nazarious, Miracle Israel, Ramachandran, Abhilash Vakkada, Zorzano, Maria-Paz, Martín Torres, Javier, Rettberg, Petra
• Other Authors: Swedish National Space Agency, Australian Government, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Martin Torres, Javier 0000-0001-6479-2236, Zorzano, M-P. 0000-0002-4492-9650
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Planetary protection; Bioburden control; Bioburden assay; Kempe; Luleå
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/213661; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.04.030; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001859; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033

The HabitAbility: Brines, Irradiation and Temperature (HABIT) instrument will be part of the ExoMars 2022 mission (ESA/Roscosmos) and will be the first European In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) instrument capable of producing liquid water on Mars. HABIT is composed by two modules: Environmental P...