A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name EXPOSE-R2 - BOSS - Biofilm Organisms Surfing Space
Operational Nomenclature EXPOSE-R2 - BOSS
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=EXPOSE_R2_BOSS_ISS
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-t84gope
Platform ISS
HRE-E3P Category Biology
Mission Inc39, Inc40, Inc41, Inc42, Inc43, Inc44, Inc45, Inc46, Inc47, Inc48
Keywords ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset
Team Coordinator Name Daniela Billi, Petra Rettberg
Version 1.0
Team Members EXPOSE_R2_BOSS_ISS
Publication M Wassmann, R Möller, Elke Rabbow, Corinna Panitz, Gerda Horneck, Günther Reitz, Thierry Douki, Jean Cadet, H Stan-Lotter, Charles S. Cockell, Petra Rettberg, 2012, Survival of spores of the UV-resistant Bacillus subtilis strain MW01 after exposure to low-Earth Orbit and simulated Martian conditions: Data from the space experiment ADAPT on Expose-E, Astrobiology, 12, 5, 498-507

Corinna Panitz, J Frösler, J Wingender, Hans-Curt Flemming, Petra Rettberg, 2019, Tolerances of Deinococcus geothermalis Biofilms and Planktonic Cells Exposed to Space and Simulated Martian Conditions in Low Earth Orbit for Almost Two Years, Astrobiology, 19, 8, 979-994, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1913

Elke Rabbow, Petra Rettberg, A Parpart, Corinna Panitz, W Schulte, F Molter, E Jaramillo, René Demets, P Weiß, R Willnecker, 2017, EXPOSE-R2: The astrobiological ESA mission on board of the International Space Station, Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 1533, , DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01533

Jennifer Louise Wadsworth, Petra Rettberg, Charles S. Cockell, 2019, Aggregated Cell Masses Provide Protection against Space Extremes and a Microhabitat for Hitchhiking Co-Inhabitants, Astrobiology, 19, 8, 995-1007, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1924

Hervé Cottin, Petra Rettberg, 2019, EXPOSE-R2 on the International Space Station (2014–2016): Results from the PSS and BOSS Astrobiology Experiments, Astrobiology, 19, 8, 975-978, , DOI: 10.1089/ast.2019.0625

Daniela Billi, C Staibano, C Verseux, C Fagliarone, C Mosca, M Baqué, Elke Rabbow, Petra Rettberg, 2019, Dried Biofilms of Desert Strains of Chroococcidiopsis Survived Prolonged Exposure to Space and Mars-like Conditions in Low Earth Orbit, Astrobiology, 19, 8, 1008-1017, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1900
Temporal Coverage 2014-03-12T00:00:00Z/2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Mission Description The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972.
Creator Contact https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact
Date Published 2026-05-26T14:15:44Z
Last Update 2026-07-09
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Daniela Billi et al., 2026, 'EXPOSE-R2 - BOSS', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-t84gope
Rights Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.