DLR - Institute of Aerospace Medicine - Results of the BIOMEX experiment - Can organisms survive on Mars, and can we identify them?

Earth is a very special planet. It is the only celestial body in the Solar System on which we know life exists. Could there be life on other planets or moons? Mars is always the first to be mentioned in this context; it has many properties in common with Earth, and in its geological past water also flowed over its surface. Today, however, conditions on Mars are so extreme that it is hard to imagine that organisms like those found on Earth could survive on that cold and arid desert planet. One of the aims of the DLR-coordinated experiment BIOMEX (BIOlogy and Mars EXperiment) on the International Space Station (ISS) was to find out if this is indeed possible. The results are now available.

DLR - Can organisms survive on Mars

Future space experiment platforms for astrobiology and astrochemistry research

Lichen Vitality After a Space Flight on Board the EXPOSE-R2 Facility Outside the International Space Station: Results of the Biology and Mars Experiment

Microbes Survive Balloon Ride to Mars-Like Habitat in the Sky - NASA

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. - ScienceDirect

PDF) Sterilization Failure and Fungal Contamination of Mars and NASA's Mars Rovers

Life, Free Full-Text

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Space as a Tool for Astrobiology: Review and Recommendations for Experimentations in Earth Orbit and Beyond