The astrobiological mission EXPOSE-R on board of the international space station

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-16

  Rabbow, Elke ^a   Rettberg, Petra ^a   Barczyk, Simon ^a   Bohmeier, Maria ^a   Parpart, Andre ^a   Panitz, Corinna ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^a   Burfeindt, Jürgen ^c   Molter, Ferdinand ^c   Jaramillo, Esther ^d   Pereira, Carlos ^d   Weib, Peter ^a   Willnecker, Rainer ^a   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 RUAG AG   (Switzerland)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

astrobiology; exposure facility; external platform; International Space Station (ISS); space mission; space parameters

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; COSMIC RAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 85028171791     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550414000202     Document Type: Article

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