Abstract

BASSY ALVAREZ, O.; ORTEGA GARCIA, M.V.; CABRIA RAMOS, J.C.  and  TORRE NOETZEL, R. de la. Spanish Participation of Civil Researches and Military Veterinarians in the BIOMEX Space Experiment (Biology and Mars Experiment) with the European Space Agency (ESA). Sanid. Mil. [online]. 2019, vol.75, n.4, pp.221-222.  Epub June 22, 2020. ISSN 1887-8571.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s1887-85712019000400007.

The BIOMEX experiment (Biology and Mars Experiment, ILSRA 2009-0834) was part of the SUBLIMAS project (acronym for “Survival of bacteria and lichens in analogues of Mars and space”), led by INTA and funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (ESP2015-69810-R). The main objective of the SUBLIMAS project is the study of the survival and degradation of extremophilic organisms (lichens among others) in space and in simulated conditions of Mars in the long term. The results of this experiment showed that, after a long period of exposure in the EXPOSE-R2 installation on the International Space Station, the Circinaria gyrosa lichen was able to recover photosynthetic activity. It is of great interest to do studies in living organisms in extreme situations, as well as the need for collaborations between different institutions to carry them out. Highlight the participation of veterinarians of the Military Health Corps among other researchers, as well as the learning generated after participating in coordinated projects. These findings extend knowledge about the resistance of life to space conditions and contribute to the understanding of the adaptation potential of extremophilic organisms to the environmental conditions of the Martian surface.

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