ESA Exobiology Experiments on Foton

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ESA Exobiology Experiments on Foton

ESA Exobiology Experiments on Foton

Microbes travelling between planets

Origin of life on Earth

Objectives

Flight conditions in Biopan

PPT Slide

Sample compartments

Passengers in Biopan

Spores of bacteria

Salt-loving microbes (halobacteria) Synechococcus and Haloarcula-G

Seeds from lettuce Lactuca sativa

Results bacterial spores

Results salt-loving bacteria

Results plant seeds

Conclusions

Stability of amino acids in space

Left & right handedness

Summary of the amino acid results

Conclusions amino acids

STONE: artificial meteorites

STONE samples

STONE recovery

STONE results

STONE conclusions

STONE in the press

Future STONE plans

Conclusions exobiology on Foton

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