Damage Escape and Repair in Dried Chroococcidiopsis spp. from Hot and Cold Deserts Exposed to Simulated Space and Martian Conditions

• Published in: Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Billi, Daniela, Viaggiu, Emanuela, Cockell, Charles S., Rabbow, Elke, Horneck, Gerda, Onofri, Silvano
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert Inc. 2011
• Subjects: Strahlenbiologie; Antarctic; Beacon Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/70836/

The cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis, overlain by 3mm of Antarctic sandstone, was exposed as dried multilayers to simulated space and martian conditions. Ground-based experiments were conducted in the context of Lichens and Fungi Experiments (EXPOSE-E mission, European Space Agency), which were perf...