Interstellar space biology via Project Starlight

Lantin, Stephen; Mendell, Sophie; Akkad, Ghassan; Cohen, Alexander N.; Apicella, Xander; McCoy, Emma; Beltrãn-Pardo, Eliana; Waltemathe, Michael; Srinivasan, Prasanna; Joshi, Pradeep M.; Rothman, Joel H.; Lubin, P. M.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.10.009

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“…If one wishes to be even more speculative, one can consider how more sophisticated organisms can survive shock impact. Tardigrades are a model organism widely considered for survival in space (e.g., see Lantin et al., 2022 for a discussion). These are hardy organisms, typically around 100 μm in size (but can be larger), which can survive a wide range of environmental stresses (radiation, vacuum, etc.)…”

Section: Impact Shock‐induced Changes To Impactorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Icy ocean worlds, plumes, and tasting the water

Burchell,

Wozniakiewicz

2024

Meteorit & Planetary Scien

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This paper considers how space missions that fly through the plumes known, or suspected, to erupt naturally from some icy ocean worlds (IOW), such as Enceladus, or that aim to intercept icy ejecta from impact cratering processes on such bodies can sample the water and ice within the plumes. The mechanics of how grains (either in the plumes or the ejecta) would interact with a passing spacecraft (i.e., impact speeds, shock pressures, etc.) are introduced. The impact speeds are estimated and vary with both the mass of the IOW and the orbital parameters of a space mission. This can lead to large differences in impact speeds (and hence collection methods) at bodies such as Enceladus and Europa. The implications of these different impact speeds (a few hundred m s−1 to several km s−1, and even greater than 10 km s−1) for the collection of organic materials from the plumes are shown to be significant.

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Section: Impact Shock‐induced Changes To Impactorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Icy ocean worlds, plumes, and tasting the water

Burchell,

Wozniakiewicz

2024

Meteorit & Planetary Scien

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Lab-on-chip technologies for space research — current trends and prospects

Krakos

2023

Microchim Acta

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The in-depth analysis concerning application of microfluidic instruments for space biology research is presented. The article focuses on recently investigated key scientific fields, i.e., lab-on-chips applied to the biomedical studies performed in the (1) International Space Station and (2) CubeSat nanosatellites. The paper presents also the lab-on-chip devices that were fabricated with a view to future space biology research and to those that to date have been solely been tested under Earth laboratory conditions and/or simulated microgravity environments. NASA and ESA conceptual mission plans for future are also mentioned, concerning for instance “tissue chips” and the ESA-SPHEROIDS campaign. The paper ends with final conclusions and future perspectives regarding lab-on-chip application in the space biology sector and its impact on novel biomedical and pharmaceutical strategies. Graphical Abstract

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