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 stability...
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ftunivromatorver:oai:art.torvergata.it:2108/210876 2024-02-27T08:44:32+00:00 Limits of life and the habitability of Mars: the ESA space experiment BIOMEX on the ISS De Vera, J-P Alawi, M Backhaus, T Baqué, M Billi D Böttger, U Berger, T Bohmeier, M Cockell, C Demets, R De La Torre Noetzel, R Edwards, H Elsaesser, A Fagliarone, C Fiedler, A Foing, B Foucher, F Fritz, J Hanke, F Herzog, T Horneck, G Hübers, H-W Huwe, B Joshi, J Kozyrovska, N Kruchten, M Lasch, P Lee, N Leuko, S Leya, T Lorek, A Martínez-Frías, J Meessen, J Moritz, S Moeller, R Olsson-Francis, K Onofri, S Ott, S Pacelli, C Podolich, O Rabbow, E Reitz, G Rettberg, P Reva, O Rothschild, L Garcia Sancho, L Schulze-Makuch, D Selbmann, L Serrano, P Szewzyk, U Verseux, C Wadsworth, J Wagner, D Westall, F Wolter, D Zucconi, L De Vera, J Alawi, M Backhaus, T Baqué, M Billi, D Böttger, U Berger, T Bohmeier, M Cockell, C Demets, R De La Torre Noetzel, R Edwards, H Elsaesser, A Fagliarone, C Fiedler, A Foing, B Foucher, F Fritz, J Hanke, F Herzog, T Horneck, G Hübers, H Huwe, B Joshi, J Kozyrovska, N Kruchten, M Lasch, P Lee, N Leuko, S Leya, T Lorek, A Martínez-Frías, J Meessen, J Moritz, S Moeller, R Olsson-Francis, K Onofri, S Ott, S Pacelli, C Podolich, O Rabbow, E Reitz, G Rettberg, P Reva, O Rothschild, L Garcia Sancho, L Schulze-Makuch, D Selbmann, L Serrano, P Szewzyk, U 2019-02 http://hdl.handle.net/2108/210876 https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/30742496 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000463364800001 volume:19 issue:2 firstpage:145 lastpage:157 numberofpages:13 journal:ASTROBIOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/2108/210876 doi:10.1089/ast.2018.1897 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85061375617 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Settore BIO/01 - BOTANICA GENERALE info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftunivromatorver https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897 2024-01-31T00:15:06Z 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 deg- radation 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 or- ganisms 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 exper- iments, 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 Universitá degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata": ART - Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca Zvezda ENVELOPE(78.450,78.450,-68.550,-68.550) Astrobiology 19 2 145 157 |
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Settore BIO/01 - BOTANICA GENERALE De Vera, J-P Alawi, M Backhaus, T Baqué, M Billi D Böttger, U Berger, T Bohmeier, M Cockell, C Demets, R De La Torre Noetzel, R Edwards, H Elsaesser, A Fagliarone, C Fiedler, A Foing, B Foucher, F Fritz, J Hanke, F Herzog, T Horneck, G Hübers, H-W Huwe, B Joshi, J Kozyrovska, N Kruchten, M Lasch, P Lee, N Leuko, S Leya, T Lorek, A Martínez-Frías, J Meessen, J Moritz, S Moeller, R Olsson-Francis, K Onofri, S Ott, S Pacelli, C Podolich, O Rabbow, E Reitz, G Rettberg, P Reva, O Rothschild, L Garcia Sancho, L Schulze-Makuch, D Selbmann, L Serrano, P Szewzyk, U Verseux, C Wadsworth, J Wagner, D Westall, F Wolter, D Zucconi, L Limits of life and the habitability of Mars: the ESA space experiment BIOMEX on the ISS |
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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 deg- radation 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 or- ganisms 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 exper- iments, 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 Alawi, M Backhaus, T Baqué, M Billi, D Böttger, U Berger, T Bohmeier, M Cockell, C Demets, R De La Torre Noetzel, R Edwards, H Elsaesser, A Fagliarone, C Fiedler, A Foing, B Foucher, F Fritz, J Hanke, F Herzog, T Horneck, G Hübers, H Huwe, B Joshi, J Kozyrovska, N Kruchten, M Lasch, P Lee, N Leuko, S Leya, T Lorek, A Martínez-Frías, J Meessen, J Moritz, S Moeller, R Olsson-Francis, K Onofri, S Ott, S Pacelli, C Podolich, O Rabbow, E Reitz, G Rettberg, P Reva, O Rothschild, L Garcia Sancho, L Schulze-Makuch, D Selbmann, L Serrano, P Szewzyk, U |
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De Vera, J-P Alawi, M Backhaus, T Baqué, M Billi D Böttger, U Berger, T Bohmeier, M Cockell, C Demets, R De La Torre Noetzel, R Edwards, H Elsaesser, A Fagliarone, C Fiedler, A Foing, B Foucher, F Fritz, J Hanke, F Herzog, T Horneck, G Hübers, H-W Huwe, B Joshi, J Kozyrovska, N Kruchten, M Lasch, P Lee, N Leuko, S Leya, T Lorek, A Martínez-Frías, J Meessen, J Moritz, S Moeller, R Olsson-Francis, K Onofri, S Ott, S Pacelli, C Podolich, O Rabbow, E Reitz, G Rettberg, P Reva, O Rothschild, L Garcia Sancho, L 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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Limits of life and the habitability of Mars: the ESA space experiment BIOMEX on the ISS |
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