The primary goal of exobiological research is to reach a better understanding of the
processes leading to the origin, evolution and distribution of life on Earth or elsewhere in the …

Space travel has been shown to have many and varied effects on the human beings that
have ventured there. The effect of this environment on microbes is less well-known but …

Microorganisms perform countless tasks on Earth and they are expected to be essential for
human space exploration. Despite the interest in the responses of bacteria to space …

Planet Earth, our blue-green spaceship, is under anthropogenic pressure, causing long-
lasting or even irreversible changes to its passengers and their habitats. Given the emerging …

Previous space research conducted during short-term flight experiments and long-term
environmental monitoring on board orbiting space stations suggests that the relationship …

The survival and transit of microorganisms in Earth's upper atmosphere is relevant to
terrestrial ecology and astrobiology, but the topic is understudied due to a scarcity of suitable …

Interplanetary spacecraft are built in a spacecraft assembly facility (SAF), a clean room
designed to reduce microbial contamination that could confound life detection missions or …

Century's Turn In Century's End, Hillel Schwartz writes that Mars came into focus at the end
of the nineteenth century as fin de siècle anxieties propelled people to look toward the red …

The health of astronauts during space travel to new celestial bodies in the Solar System is a
critical factor in the planning of a mission. Despite cleaning and decontamination protocols …