| Name | BioRock - Extraterrestrial Geomicrobiological Package Test Bed for the ISS |
| Operational Nomenclature | BIOROCK |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=BioRock_ISS |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-khas74b |
| Platform | ISS |
| HRE-E3P Category | Biology |
| Mission | Inc60 |
| 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 | Kai W. Finster |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | BioRock_ISS |
| Publication | Rosa Santomartino, Annemiek C. Waajen, W de Wit, N Nicholson, Luca Parmitano, CM Loudon, Ralf Möller, Petra Rettberg, Felix M. Fuchs, Rob van Houdt, K Finster, I Coninx, J Krause, A Koehler, N Caplin, L Zuijderduijn, Valfredo Zolesi, Michele Balsamo, A Mariani, Stefano S Pellari, Fabrizio Carubia, Giacomo Luciani, Natalie Leys, Jeannine Doswald-Winkler, Magdalena Herová, Jennifer Louise Wadsworth, CR Everroad, B Rattenbacher, René Demets, Charles S. Cockell, 2020, No Effect of Microgravity and Simulated Mars Gravity on Final Bacterial Cell Concentrations on the International Space Station: Applications to Space Bioproduction, Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 2414, DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2020.579156 Charles S. Cockell, Rosa Santomartino, K Finster, Annemiek C. Waajen, Lorna J. Eades, Ralf Möller, Petra Rettberg, Felix M. Fuchs, Rob van Houdt, Natalie Leys, I Coninx, Jason Hatton, Luca Parmitano, J Krause, A Koehler, N Caplin, L Zuijderduijn, A Mariani, Stefano S Pellari, Fabrizio Carubia, Giacomo Luciani, Michele Balsamo, Valfredo Zolesi, N Nicholson, CM Loudon, Jeannine Doswald-Winkler, Magdalena Herová, B Rattenbacher, Jennifer Louise Wadsworth, R. Craig Everroad, René Demets, 2020, Space station biomining experiment demonstrates rare earth element extraction in microgravity and Mars gravity, Nature Communications, 11, 5523, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19276-w Charles S. Cockell, Rosa Santomartino, Kai W. Finster, Annemiek C. Waajen, Lorna J. Eades, Ralf Möller, Petra Rettberg, Felix M. Fuchs, Rob van Houdt, Natalie Leys, Ilse Coninx, Jason Hatton, Luca Parmitano, Jutta Krause, Andrea Koehler, Nicol Caplin, Lobke Zuijderduijn, Alessandro Mariani, Stefano S Pellari, Fabrizio Carubia, Giacomo Luciani, Michele Balsamo, Valfredo Zolesi, Jon Ochoa, Pia Sen, James A. J. Watt, Claire-Marie Loudon, Natasha Nicholson, Magdalena Herová, Bernd Rattenbacher, Jennifer Louise Wadsworth, R. Craig Everroad, René Demets, 2021, Microbially-enhanced vanadium mining and bioremediation under micro- and Mars gravity on the International Space Station, Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 5523, , DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.641387 Claire-Marie Loudon, Natasha Nicholson, Kai W. Finster, Natalie Leys, Bo Byloos, Rob van Houdt, Petra Rettberg, Ralf Möller, Felix M. Fuchs, René Demets, Jutta Krause, Marco Vukich, Alessandro Mariani, Charles S. Cockell, 2017, BioRock: new experiments and hardware to investigate microbe-mineral interactions in space, International Journal of Astrobiology, 17, 4, 303-313, , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550417000234 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2019-06-25T00:00:00Z/2019-10-03T00:00:00Z |
| 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 | 2025-11-06T15:33:37Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-04 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Kai W. Finster, 2025, 'BIOROCK', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-khas74b |