Detection of Macromolecules in Desert Cyanobacteria Mixed with a Lunar Mineral Analogue After Space Simulations

The BOSS and BIOMEX space experiments on the EXPOSE-R2 mission: Endurance of the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under simulated space vacuum, Martian atmosphere, UVC radiation and temperature extremes.

(2013) Mickael Baqué et al.   ACTA ASTRONAUTICA

The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life

(2013) Christopher P. McKay et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Radiation Resistance of Biological Reagents for In Situ Life Detection

(2013) Christopher E. Carr et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Degradation of microbial fluorescence biosignatures by solar ultraviolet radiation on Mars

(2013) Lewis R. Dartnell et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

EXPOSE-E: An ESA Astrobiology Mission 1.5 Years in Space

(2012) Elke Rabbow et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The Role of Synthetic Biology for In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

(2012) Michael Montague et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Endurance of the endolithic desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under UVC radiation

(2012) Mickael Baqué et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Sensitive life detection strategies for low-biomass environments: optimizing extraction of nucleic acids adsorbing to terrestrial and Mars analogue minerals

(2012) Susana O.L. Direito et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration

(2012) I.A. Crawford et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Scientific preparations for lunar exploration with the European Lunar Lander

(2012) J.D. Carpenter et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Development status of the life marker chip instrument for ExoMars

(2012) Mark R. Sims et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Supporting Mars exploration: BIOMEX in Low Earth Orbit and further astrobiological studies on the Moon using Raman and PanCam technology

(2012) Jean-Pierre de Vera et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite

(2012) Paul R. Mahaffy et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

SOLID3: A Multiplex Antibody Microarray-Based Optical Sensor Instrument for In Situ Life Detection in Planetary Exploration

(2011) Víctor Parro et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Degradation of Cyanobacterial Biosignatures by Ionizing Radiation

(2011) Lewis R. Dartnell et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

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

(2011) Daniela Billi et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Oxidative Stress Resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans

(2011) D. Slade et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Ancient origins determine global biogeography of hot and cold desert cyanobacteria

(2011) Justin Bahl et al.   Nature Communications

Use of cyanobacteria for in-situ resource use in space applications

(2010) Karen Olsson-Francis et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Effects of Long-Term Simulated Martian Conditions on a Freeze-Dried and Homogenized Bacterial Permafrost Community

(2009) Aviaja A. Hansen et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A new perspective on radiation resistance based on Deinococcus radiodurans

(2009) Michael J. Daly   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

EXPOSE, an Astrobiological Exposure Facility on the International Space Station - from Proposal to Flight

(2009) Elke Rabbow et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

The Most Conserved Genome Segments for Life Detection on Earth and Other Planets

(2008) Thomas A. Isenbarger et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES