Supporting Mars exploration: BIOMEX in Low Earth Orbit and further astrobiological studies on the Moon using Raman and PanCam technology

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-110

  De Vera, Jean Pierre ^a   Boettger, Ute ^a   Noetzel, Rosa De La Torre ^b   Sánchez, Francisco J ^b   Grunow, Dana ^a   Schmitz, Nicole ^a   Lange, Caroline ^a   Hübers, Heinz Wilhelm ^a,c   Billi, Daniela ^d,f   Baqué, Mickael ^d,f   Rettberg, Petra ^a,f   Rabbow, Elke ^a,f   Reitz, Günther ^a,f   Berger, Thomas ^a,f   Möller, Ralf ^a,f   Bohmeier, Maria ^a,f   Horneck, Gerda ^a,f   Westall, Frances ^e,f   Jänchen, Jochen ^f   Fritz, Jörg ^f,g   Meyer, Cornelia ^f,g   Onofri, Silvano ^f,h   Selbmann, Laura ^f,h   Zucconi, Laura ^f,h   Kozyrovska, Natalia ^f,i   Leya, Thomas ^f,j   Foing, Bernard ^f,k   Demets, René ^f,k   Cockell, Charles S ^f,l   Bryce, Casey ^f,l   Wagner, Dirk ^f,m   Serrano, Paloma ^f,n   Edwards, Howell G M ^f,o   Joshi, Jasmin ^f,p   Huwe, Björn ^f,p   Ehrenfreund, Pascale ^f,q   Elsaesser, Andreas ^f,q   Ott, Sieglinde ^f,r   Meessen, Joachim ^f,r   Feyh, Nina ^c,f   Szewzyk, Ulrich ^c,f   Jaumann, Ralf ^a   Spohn, Tilman ^a   more..

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f DLR ^*  (Germany)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^j FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^k EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^m GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

ⁿ ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^q LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biosignature; Instrumentation; Low Earth Orbit; Mars; Moon; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BIOSIGNATURES; CELLULAR COMPONENTS; DUAL USE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; EXTREMOPHILES; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; INTERPRETATION OF DATA; LIFE ON MARS; LOW EARTH ORBITS; LOW-EARTH ORBIT; LUNAR LANDER; LUNAR LANDER MISSION; LUNAR SURFACE; MARS; MARS ANALOGS; MARS EXPLORATION; RADIATION PROPERTIES; RAMAN DATA; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SEARCH FOR LIFE; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACE SIMULATIONS; SURFACE OF MARS;

ASTROBIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; EXPERIMENTS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LUNAR MISSIONS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOON; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTROSCOPY;

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EID: 84870840556     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.06.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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