The BOSS and BIOMEX space experiments on the EXPOSE-R2 mission: Endurance of the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis under simulated space vacuum, Martian atmosphere, UVC radiation and temperature extremes.

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-186

  Baqué, Mickael ^a   De Vera, Jean Pierre ^b   Rettberg, Petra ^b   Billi, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; BIOMEX; BOSS; Chroococcidiopsis; Cyanobacteria; Expose R2; Ground based simulations

Indexed keywords

BIOMEX; BOSS; CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; EXPOSE-R2; GROUND BASED SIMULATION;

ARID REGIONS; ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; LANDFORMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; VACUUM;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 84880080364     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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