Effects of the Extraterrestrial Environment on Plants: Recommendations for Future Space Experiments for the MELiSSA Higher Plant Compartment [PDF]
Life, 2014 Due to logistical challenges, long-term human space exploration missions require a life support system capable of regenerating all the essentials for survival.
Silje A. Wolff +3 more
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Exploration of extraterrestrial biosignatures and planetary habitability: A prospect [PDF]
Fundamental ResearchChina’s deep space exploration has achieved remarkable accomplishments and is now undergoing a significant strategic transition from an engineering-driven program to one that integrates engineering and science.
Zengqian Hou +23 more
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Epigenomics in an extraterrestrial environment: organ-specific alteration of DNA methylation and gene expression elicited by spaceflight in Arabidopsis thaliana [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2019 Background Plants adapted to diverse environments on Earth throughout their evolutionary history, and developed mechanisms to thrive in a variety of terrestrial habitats.
Mingqi Zhou +4 more
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Protocell formation on micrometeorites [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWe report on the formation of membranous protocells by self-assembly of lipids on micrometeorites, the extraterrestrial particles that have been continuously reaching the surface of the Earth ever since its formation.
Aldo Jesorka +5 more
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Viruses in Extreme Marine Environments and Their Potential Existence in Extraterrestrial Environments. [PDF]
VirusesMcMinn A, Liang Y, Wang Z, Wang M.
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Karst Cave as Terrestrial Simulation Platform to Test and Design Human Base in Lunar Lava Tube
Space: Science & Technology, 2022 Developing efficient approaches to building a suitable environment for humans on the moon play a key role in future long-term sustainable lunar exploration activities, which has motivated many countries to propose diverse plans to build a lunar base. The
Jinghang Ding +5 more
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Statistical and superposed epoch study of dipolarization events using data from Wind perigee passes [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2005 From 1995 to 2000, the Wind spacecraft spent over 500h in the magnetotail, much of it within ~2x104km of the predicted location of the neutral sheet.
K. Sigsbee +7 more
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On the Path to Space Mining and a Cosmic Sustainable Way of Socio-Natural Interaction [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2020 The transition of the world community to sustainable development will require not only the achievement of global sustainability, but also the same type of development outside the planet, especially in the case of space mining. By joining the cosmonautics,
Arkady Ursul, Tatiana Ursul
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Special spherical mobile robot for planetary surface exploration: A review
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2023 Considering the requirements of high scientific return, low cost, less complexity, and more reliability for the robot proposed by the extreme environment exploration task on the planet surface, this article comprehensively reviews the history of the ...
Minggang Li +6 more
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Making Contact: A Review of Robotic Attachment Mechanisms for Extraterrestrial Applications
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 The space environment offers unique challenges for robotic grippers and controllable attachment mechanisms. Applications include satellite and orbital debris capture, perching for free‐floating robots inside the International Space Station, climbing ...
Matthew Spenko
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