Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS
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 stabi...
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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 and level of degradation of space-exposed biosignatures such as pigments, secondary metabolites, and cell surfaces in contact with a terrestrial and Mars analog mineral environment. In parallel, analysis on the viability of the investigated organisms has provided relevant data for evaluation of the habitability of Mars, for the limits of life, and for the likelihood of an interplanetary transfer of life (theory of lithopanspermia). In this project, lichens, archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, snow/permafrost algae, meristematic black fungi, and bryophytes from alpine and polar Habitats were embedded, grown, and cultured on a mixture of martian and lunar regolith analogs or other terrestrial minerals. The organisms and regolith analogs and terrestrial mineral mixtures were then exposed to space and to simulated Mars-like conditions by way of the EXPOSE-R2 facility. In this special issue, we present the first set of data obtained in reference to our investigation into the habitability of Mars and limits of life. This project was initiated and implemented by the BIOMEX group, an international and interdisciplinary consortium of 30 institutes in 12 countries on 3 continents. Preflight tests for sample selection, results from ground-based simulation experiments, and the space experiments themselves are presented and include a complete overview of the scientific processes required for this space experiment and postflight analysis. The presented BIOMEX concept could be scaled up to future exposure experiments on the Moon and will serve as a pretest in low Earth orbit. |
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de Vera, J. P. Alawi, M. Backhaus, T. Baque, M. Billi, D. Böttger, U. Berger, T. Bohmeier, M Cockell, C. Demets, R. de la Torre Noetzel, R. Edwards, H.G.M. Elsaesser, A. Fagliarone, C. Fiedler, A. Foing, B. Foucher, F. Fritz, J. Hanke, F. Herzog, T.H. Horneck, G. Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm Huwe, Björn Joshi, J. Kozyrovska, N. Kruchten, M. Lasch, P. Lee, N. Leuko, Stefan Leya, T. Lorek, Andreas Martinez-Frias, J. Meessen, J. Moritz, S. Moeller, R. Olsson-Francis, K. Onofri, S. Ott, S. Pacelli, C. Podolich, O. Rabbow, Elke Reitz, G Rettberg, Petra Reva, O. Rothschild, L. Sancho, L. G. Schulze-Makuch, D. Selbmann, L. Serrano, P. Szewzyk, U. Verseux, C. Wadsworth, J. Wagner, D. Westall, F. Wolter, D. Zucconi, L. |
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Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS |
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ftdlr:oai:elib.dlr.de:127960 2023-12-03T10:28:59+01:00 Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS de Vera, J. P. Alawi, M. Backhaus, T. Baque, M. Billi, D. Böttger, U. Berger, T. Bohmeier, M Cockell, C. Demets, R. de la Torre Noetzel, R. Edwards, H.G.M. Elsaesser, A. Fagliarone, C. Fiedler, A. Foing, B. Foucher, F. Fritz, J. Hanke, F. Herzog, T.H. Horneck, G. Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm Huwe, Björn Joshi, J. Kozyrovska, N. Kruchten, M. Lasch, P. Lee, N. Leuko, Stefan Leya, T. Lorek, Andreas Martinez-Frias, J. Meessen, J. Moritz, S. Moeller, R. Olsson-Francis, K. Onofri, S. Ott, S. Pacelli, C. Podolich, O. Rabbow, Elke Reitz, G Rettberg, Petra Reva, O. Rothschild, L. Sancho, L. G. Schulze-Makuch, D. Selbmann, L. Serrano, P. Szewzyk, U. Verseux, C. Wadsworth, J. Wagner, D. Westall, F. Wolter, D. Zucconi, L. 2019-02 application/pdf https://elib.dlr.de/127960/ https://elib.dlr.de/127960/1/de%20Vera%20et%20al.%20BIOMEX%20Introast.2018.pdf https://www.liebertpub.com/toc/ast/19/2 en eng Mary Ann Liebert Inc. https://elib.dlr.de/127960/1/de%20Vera%20et%20al.%20BIOMEX%20Introast.2018.pdf de Vera, J. P. und Alawi, M. und Backhaus, T. und Baque, M. und Billi, D. und Böttger, U. und Berger, T. und Bohmeier, M und Cockell, C. und Demets, R. und de la Torre Noetzel, R. und Edwards, H.G.M. und Elsaesser, A. und Fagliarone, C. und Fiedler, A. und Foing, B. und Foucher, F. und Fritz, J. und Hanke, F. und Herzog, T.H. und Horneck, G. und Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm und Huwe, Björn und Joshi, J. und Kozyrovska, N. und Kruchten, M. und Lasch, P. und Lee, N. und Leuko, Stefan und Leya, T. und Lorek, Andreas und Martinez-Frias, J. und Meessen, J. und Moritz, S. und Moeller, R. und Olsson-Francis, K. und Onofri, S. und Ott, S. und Pacelli, C. und Podolich, O. und Rabbow, Elke und Reitz, G und Rettberg, Petra und Reva, O. und Rothschild, L. und Sancho, L. G. und Schulze-Makuch, D. und Selbmann, L. und Serrano, P. und Szewzyk, U. und Verseux, C. und Wadsworth, J. und Wagner, D. und Westall, F. und Wolter, D. und Zucconi, L. (2019) Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS. Astrobiology, 19 (2), Seiten 145-157. Mary Ann Liebert Inc. doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1897 <https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897>. ISSN 1531-1074. cc_by_nc Leitungsbereich PF Weltrauminstrumente Strahlenbiologie Zeitschriftenbeitrag PeerReviewed 2019 ftdlr https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897 2023-11-06T00:24:12Z 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 and level of degradation of space-exposed biosignatures such as pigments, secondary metabolites, and cell surfaces in contact with a terrestrial and Mars analog mineral environment. In parallel, analysis on the viability of the investigated organisms has provided relevant data for evaluation of the habitability of Mars, for the limits of life, and for the likelihood of an interplanetary transfer of life (theory of lithopanspermia). In this project, lichens, archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, snow/permafrost algae, meristematic black fungi, and bryophytes from alpine and polar Habitats were embedded, grown, and cultured on a mixture of martian and lunar regolith analogs or other terrestrial minerals. The organisms and regolith analogs and terrestrial mineral mixtures were then exposed to space and to simulated Mars-like conditions by way of the EXPOSE-R2 facility. In this special issue, we present the first set of data obtained in reference to our investigation into the habitability of Mars and limits of life. This project was initiated and implemented by the BIOMEX group, an international and interdisciplinary consortium of 30 institutes in 12 countries on 3 continents. Preflight tests for sample selection, results from ground-based simulation experiments, and the space experiments themselves are presented and include a complete overview of the scientific processes required for this space experiment and postflight analysis. The presented BIOMEX concept could be scaled up to future exposure experiments on the Moon and will serve as a pretest in low Earth orbit. Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost German Aerospace Center: elib - DLR electronic library Zvezda ENVELOPE(78.450,78.450,-68.550,-68.550) Astrobiology 19 2 145 157 |