Tardigrades in Space Research - Past and Future

Space Flight Effects on Antioxidant Molecules in Dry Tardigrades: The TARDIKISS Experiment

(2015) Angela Maria Rizzo et al.   Biomed Research International

Towards Decrypting Cryptobiosis—Analyzing Anhydrobiosis in the Tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum Using Transcriptome Sequencing

(2014) Chong Wang et al.   PLoS One

Water and chlorine content in the Martian soil along the first 1900 m of the Curiosity rover traverse as estimated by the DAN instrument

(2014) I. G. Mitrofanov et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Extremotolerance and Resistance of Lichens: Comparative Studies on Five Species Used in Astrobiological Research I. Morphological and Anatomical Characteristics

(2013) J. Meeßen et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Adaptation of an Antarctic lichen to Martian niche conditions can occur within 34 days

(2013) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Considerations on the taxonomy of the Phylum Tardigrada

(2013) FILIPE VICENTE et al.   ZOOTAXA

Stress response of a boreo-alpine species of tardigrade, Borealibius zetlandicus (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae)

(2012) Lorena REBECCHI et al.   JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY

BIOKIS: A Model Payload for Multidisciplinary Experiments in Microgravity

(2012) Marco Vukich et al.   MICROGRAVITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What can we learn from the toughest animals of the Earth? Water bears (tardigrades) as multicellular model organisms in order to perform scientific preparations for lunar exploration

(2012) Roberto Guidetti et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Two Novel Heat-Soluble Protein Families Abundantly Expressed in an Anhydrobiotic Tardigrade

(2012) Ayami Yamaguchi et al.   PLoS One

On dormancy strategies in tardigrades

(2011) Roberto Guidetti et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Anhydrobiosis in tardigrades—The last decade

(2011) Weronika Wełnicz et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Ultraviolet radiation tolerance in hydrated and desiccated eutardigrades

(2011) Tiziana Altiero et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Extreme stress tolerance in tardigrades: surviving space conditions in low earth orbit

(2011) Dennis Persson et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Survival Potential and Photosynthetic Activity of Lichens Under Mars-Like Conditions: A Laboratory Study

(2010) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Antioxidant defences in hydrated and desiccated states of the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi

(2010) Angela M. Rizzo et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Extended survival of several organisms and amino acids under simulated martian surface conditions

(2010) A.P. Johnson et al.   ICARUS

Tardigrade Resistance to Space Effects: First Results of Experiments on the LIFE-TARSE Mission on FOTON-M3 (September 2007)

(2009) Lorena Rebecchi et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Survivability of Psychrobacter cryohalolentis K5 Under Simulated Martian Surface Conditions

(2009) David J. Smith et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Tardigrade workbench: comparing stress-related proteins, sequence-similar and functional protein clusters as well as RNA elements in tardigrades

(2009) Frank Förster et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Stress response in tardigrades: differential gene expression of molecular chaperones

(2009) Andy Reuner et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Survival and DNA degradation in anhydrobiotic tardigrades

(2009) L. Rebecchi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

High Hydrostatic Pressure Tolerance of Four Different Anhydrobiotic Animal Species

(2009) Daiki D. Horikawa et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Establishment of a Rearing System of the Extremotolerant Tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus: A New Model Animal for Astrobiology

(2008) Daiki D. Horikawa et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit

(2008) K. Ingemar Jönsson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on to life of the tiny animal tardigrade

(2008) F. Ono et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS

Anhydrobiosis in tardigrades and its effects on longevity traits

(2008) S. Hengherr et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY