A ground-based program for exobiological experiments on the International Space Station

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 507-513

  Horneck, G ^a   Reitz, G ^a   Rettberg, P ^a   Schuber, M ^a   Kochan, H ^a   Mohlmann D ^a   Richter, L ^a   Seidlitz, H ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution; Exobiology; International Space Station; Microbiology; Space research; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000893840     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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