The COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy for robotic missions to Mars: A review of current scientific knowledge and future perspectives

Screening the Survival of Cyanobacteria Under Perchlorate Stress. Potential Implications for Mars In Situ Resource Utilization

(2022) Piotr Rzymski et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Effectiveness of Martian regolith as a radiation shield

(2022) Harry J. Llamas et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Biological safety in the context of backward planetary protection and Mars Sample Return: conclusions from the Sterilization Working Group

(2021) Emily Craven et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Mars' surface is not universally biocidal

(2021) John E. Hallsworth   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Composition of the South Polar Cap of Mars Derived From Orbital Data

(2021) A. Broquet et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Bacterial Growth in Brines Formed by the Deliquescence of Salts Relevant to Cold Arid Worlds

(2021) Robin M. Cesur et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Experimental Investigation of the Atmosphere-Regolith Water Cycle on Present-Day Mars

(2021) Abhilash Vakkada Ramachandran et al.   SENSORS

The evidence for unusually high hydrogen abundances in the central part of Valles Marineris on Mars

(2021) I. Mitrofanov et al.   ICARUS

In-situ resources for infrastructure construction on Mars: A review

(2021) Jiawen Liu et al.   International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology

Dust tides and rapid meridional motions in the Martian atmosphere during major dust storms

(2020) Zhaopeng Wu et al.   Nature Communications

Effect of UV and Gamma Irradiation Sterilization Processes in the Properties of Different Polymeric Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

(2020) Y. S. Tapia-Guerrero et al.   Materials

Mars Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report

(2020) B.L. Carrier et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Mechanism of water extraction from gypsum rock by desert colonizing microorganisms

(2020) Wei Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Distribution and habitability of (meta)stable brines on present-day Mars

(2020) Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín et al.   Nature Astronomy

Lava tubes on Earth, Moon and Mars: A review on their size and morphology revealed by comparative planetology

(2020) Francesco Sauro et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

DNA Damage and Survival Time Course of Deinococcal Cell Pellets During 3 Years of Exposure to Outer Space

(2020) Yuko Kawaguchi et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biological Contamination Prevention for Outer Solar System Moons of Astrobiological Interest: What Do We Need to Know?

(2019) Petra Rettberg et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Martian dust storm impact on atmospheric H2O and D/H observed by ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

(2019) Ann Carine Vandaele et al.   NATURE

Effects of the MY34/2018 Global Dust Storm as Measured by MSL REMS in Gale Crater

(2019) D. Viúdez‐Moreiras et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons II: The fate of microbes on Martian moons

(2019) Kosuke Kurosawa et al.   Life Sciences in Space Research

Assessment of the probability of microbial contamination for sample return from Martian moons I: Departure of microbes from Martian surface

(2019) Kazuhisa Fujita et al.   Life Sciences in Space Research

Large Dust Aerosol Sizes Seen During the 2018 Martian Global Dust Event by the Curiosity Rover

(2019) M. T. Lemmon et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The transfer of unsterilized material from Mars to Phobos: Laboratory tests, modelling and statistical evaluation

(2019) M.R. Patel et al.   Life Sciences in Space Research

Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars

(2019) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   Scientific Reports

Prokaryotes in the WAIS Divide ice core reflect source and transport changes between Last Glacial Maximum and the early Holocene

(2018) Pamela A. Santibáñez et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hydrogen escape from Mars enhanced by deep convection in dust storms

(2018) Nicholas G. Heavens et al.   Nature Astronomy

Seasonal Deposition and Lifting of Dust on Mars as Observed by the Curiosity Rover

(2018) Á. Vicente-Retortillo et al.   Scientific Reports

Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site

(2017) M. H. Hecht et al.   SCIENCE

Planetary Protection and Mars Special Regions—A Suggestion for Updating the Definition

(2016) Petra Rettberg et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Determination of dust and microorganism accumulation in different designs of AHU system in Shaanxi History Museum

(2016) Angui Li et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Evidence for the distribution of perchlorates on Mars

(2015) Benton C. Clark et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

(2015) F. Javier Martín-Torres et al.   Nature Geoscience

Cracks in Martian boulders exhibit preferred orientations that point to solar-induced thermal stress

(2015) Martha-Cary Eppes et al.   Nature Communications

Dust deposition on the decks of the Mars Exploration Rovers: 10 years of dust dynamics on the Panoramic Camera calibration targets

(2015) Kjartan M. Kinch et al.   Earth and Space Science

A New Analysis of Mars “Special Regions”: Findings of the Second MEPAG Special Regions Science Analysis Group (SR-SAG2)

(2014) John D. Rummel et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Deinococcus phoenicis sp. nov., an extreme ionizing-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from the Phoenix Lander assembly facility

(2014) P. Vaishampayan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Resolving the abundance and air-sea fluxes of airborne microorganisms in the North Atlantic Ocean

(2014) Eva Mayol et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Curiosity's rover environmental monitoring station: Overview of the first 100 sols

(2014) Javier Gómez-Elvira et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Mars' Surface Radiation Environment Measured with the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity Rover

(2013) D. M. Hassler et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for perchlorates and the origin of chlorinated hydrocarbons detected by SAM at the Rocknest aeolian deposit in Gale Crater

(2013) Daniel P. Glavin et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Wavelength dependence of biological damage induced by UV radiation on bacteria

(2012) Ana L. Santos et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Survival of Spores of the UV-Resistant Bacillus subtilis Strain MW01 After Exposure to Low-Earth Orbit and Simulated Martian Conditions: Data from the Space Experiment ADAPT on EXPOSE-E

(2012) Marko Wassmann et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Resistance of Bacterial Endospores to Outer Space for Planetary Protection Purposes—Experiment PROTECT of the EXPOSE-E Mission

(2012) Gerda Horneck et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Biotoxicity of Mars soils: 1. Dry deposition of analog soils on microbial colonies and survival under Martian conditions

(2012) Andrew C. Schuerger et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Survival and death of the haloarchaeon Natronorubrum strain HG-1 in a simulated martian environment

(2010) Z. Peeters et al.   ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Report of the COSPAR mars special regions colloquium

(2010) G. Kminek et al.   ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Effects of Simulated Mars Conditions on the Survival and Growth of Escherichia coli and Serratia liquefaciens

(2010) B. J. Berry et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Do ice caves exist on Mars?

(2010) K.E. Williams et al.   ICARUS

Effect of Relative Humidity on Deinococcus radiodurans’ Resistance to Prolonged Desiccation, Heat, Ionizing, Germicidal, and Environmentally Relevant UV Radiation

(2010) Anja Bauermeister et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Survivability of Psychrobacter cryohalolentis K5 Under Simulated Martian Surface Conditions

(2009) David J. Smith et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Geologic history of Mars

(2009) Michael H. Carr et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A new perspective on radiation resistance based on Deinococcus radiodurans

(2009) Michael J. Daly   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY