The microbiology of spacecraft hardware: Lessons learned from the planetary protection activities on the Beagle 2 spacecraft

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-24

  Pillinger, Judith M ^a   Pillinger, C T ^a   Sancisi Frey, S ^a   Spry, J A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beagle 2; Bioburden; ESA; Mars; Planetary protection

Indexed keywords

ASEPSIS; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; SPACECRAFT; STERILIZATION;

IVA;

EID: 32044473059     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.08.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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