EXPOSE-E: An ESA astrobiology mission 1.5 years in space

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 374-386

  Rabbow, Elke ^a   Rettberg, Petra ^a   Barczyk, Simon ^a   Bohmeier, Maria ^a   Parpart, André ^a   Panitz, Corinna ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^a   Von Heise Rotenburg, Ralf ^c   Hoppenbrouwers, Tom ^d   Willnecker, Rainer ^a   Baglioni, Pietro ^e   Demets, René ^e   Dettmann, Jan ^e   Reitz, Guenther ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

^d ESEC Galaxia   (Belgium)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COSMIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COSMIC RADIATION; EARTH (PLANET); EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXOBIOLOGY; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84862018908     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0760     Document Type: Article

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