Atmospheric entry simulations of Mars lander bioload - Experiments in support of Beagle 2

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-29

  Sancisi Frey, Suzanne ^a   Spry, J Andy ^a   Garry, James ^a   Pillinger, Judith M ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric entry; Bacillus atrophaeus; Beagle 2; Flash heating; Mars; Planetary protection

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ATMOSPHERE; BACILLUS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPACECRAFT; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32044448496     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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