The O/OREOS mission: First science data from the space environment viability of organics (SEVO) payload

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 841-853

  Mattioda, Andrew ^a   Cook, Amanda ^a   Ehrenfreund, Pascale ^b   Quinn, Richard ^c   Ricco, Antonio J ^a   Squires, David ^a   Bramall, Nathan ^c   Bryson, Kathryn ^d   Chittenden, Julie ^a   Minelli, Giovanni ^a   Agasid, Elwood ^a   Allamandola, Lou ^a   Beasley, Chris ^a   Burton, Roland ^a   Defouw, Greg ^a   Diaz Aguado, Millan ^a   Fonda, Mark ^a   Friedericks, Charles ^a   Kitts, Chris ^e   Landis, David ^f   McIntyre, Mike ^a   Neumann, Michael ^e   Rasay, Mike ^e   Ricks, Robert ^a   Salama, Farid ^a   Santos, Orlando ^a   Schooley, Aaron ^a   Yost, Bruce ^a   Young, Anthony ^e   more..

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for International Science and Technology Policy   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

^f CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Cubesat; Low Earth orbit; Nanosatellite; O OREOS; Photochemistry; Photodegradation of organics; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Quinone; SEVO; UV visible spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BENZOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; METALLOPORPHYRIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BENZOQUINONES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; METALLOPORPHYRINS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862012030     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0861     Document Type: Article

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