Background Space food has evolved remarkably from a simple toothpaste-like tube to ready-
to-eat Earth-like cuisine. Currently, the major mission of space food development is to …

M icrobiologists studying aquatic environments are benefiting from their use of remote
sensing technologies. With access to data gathered by remote sensors on aircraft and …

During a spaceflight, astronauts need to live in a spacecraft on orbit for a long time, and the
relationship between humans and microorganisms in the closed environment of space is not …

In recognition of International Women's Day 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology presents the
Women in Extreme Microbiology collection, paying tribute to the outstanding work of women …

A rigorous exploration of microbial diversity has revealed its presence on Earth, deep
oceans, and vast space. The presence of microbial life in diverse environmental conditions …

With ESA's MiDiv project [Rettberg, P., Fritze, D., Verbarg, S., Nellen, J., Horneck, G.,
Stackebrandt, E., Kminek, G. Final report ESA project MiDiv, ESA contract number …

The planet earth is believed to have formed about 4600 million years ago and life forms
originated at about 3,500 million years on this planet. As we know Antonie van …

Abstract Background The ExoMars 2016 mission, consisting of the Trace Gas Orbiter and
the Schiaparelli lander, was launched on March 14 2016 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan and …

Although we have been discussing gender equality for many decades, in 2023 we have not
yet reached it. When looking at science, and especially STEM (science, technology …

The importance of extreme environments and their microbial inhabitants has been gaining
visibility. Such environments account for most of Earth's habitable zone by volume (Gold …