Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS
This is the accepted manuscript of the paper: de Vera J.P., Alawi M., Backhaus T., Baque M., Billi D., …… Zucconi L. (2019). Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS. Astrobiology 19(2), 145-157. DOI:10.1089/ast.2018.1897 Abstract: BIOMEX (BIOlogy and M...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:3830408 2024-09-09T20:03:21+00:00 Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS Jean-Pierre de Vera Mashal Alawi Theresa Backhaus Mickael Baque Daniela Billi Ute Bo¨ ttger Thomas Berger Maria Bohmeier Charles Cockell Rene´ Demets Rosa de la Torre Noetzel Howell Edwards Andreas Elsaesser Claudia Fagliarone Annelie Fiedler Bernard Foing Fre´de´ ric Foucher Jo¨ rg Fritz Franziska Hanke Thomas Herzog Gerda Horneck Heinz-Wilhelm Hu¨ bers Bjo¨ rn Huwe Jasmin Joshi Natalia Kozyrovska Martha Kruchten Peter Lasch Natuschka Lee Stefan Leuko Thomas Leya Andreas Lorek Jesu´s Martı´nez-Frı´as Joachim Meessen Sophie Moritz Ralf Moeller Karen Olsson-Francis Silvano Onofri Sieglinde Ott Claudia Pacelli Olga Podolich Elke Rabbow Gu¨ nther Reitz Petra Rettberg Oleg Reva Lynn Rothschild Leo Garcia Sancho Dirk Schulze-Makuch Laura Selbmann Paloma Serrano Ulrich Szewzyk Cyprien Verseux Jennifer Wadsworth Dirk Wagner Frances Westall David Wolter Laura Zucconi 2019-02-11 https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897 eng eng Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/unitus https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897 oai:zenodo.org:3830408 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode EXPOSE-R2—BIOMEX—Habitability—Limits of life—Extremophiles—Mars info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2018.1897 2024-07-26T06:10:16Z This is the accepted manuscript of the paper: de Vera J.P., Alawi M., Backhaus T., Baque M., Billi D., …… Zucconi L. (2019). Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS. Astrobiology 19(2), 145-157. DOI:10.1089/ast.2018.1897 Abstract: 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 BIOMEXgroup, an international and interdisciplinary consortiumof 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 ... Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Zenodo Billi ENVELOPE(152.200,152.200,68.833,68.833) Zvezda ENVELOPE(78.450,78.450,-68.550,-68.550) Astrobiology 19 2 145 157 |
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This is the accepted manuscript of the paper: de Vera J.P., Alawi M., Backhaus T., Baque M., Billi D., …… Zucconi L. (2019). Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars: The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS. Astrobiology 19(2), 145-157. DOI:10.1089/ast.2018.1897 Abstract: 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 BIOMEXgroup, an international and interdisciplinary consortiumof 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 ... |
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