| Name | LITHOPANSPERMIA |
| Operational Nomenclature | LITHOPANSPERMIA |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=Lithopanspermia_RETR |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-50q3x9w |
| Platform | Retrievable Facilities |
| HRE-E3P Category | Biology |
| Mission | Foton-M3 |
| 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 | Rosa de la Torre, Rene Demets, Gerda Horneck, Leopoldo Garcia Sancho |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | Lithopanspermia_RETR |
| Publication | Rosa De la Torre Noetzel, 2008, Experiment lithopanspermia: test of interplanetary transfer and re-entry process of epi- and endolithic microbial communities in the Foton-M3 mission, 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 13-20 July 2008, Montréal, Canada, , 660 J Raggio, Ana Pintado, Carmen Ascaso, Rosa de la Torre, Asunción de los Rios, Jacek Wierzchos, Gerda Horneck, Leopoldo García Sancho, 2011, Whole lichen thalli survive exposure to space conditions: Results of lithopanspermia experiment with aspicilia fruticulosa, Astrobiology, 11, 4, 281-292, , 10.1089/ast.2010.0588 Karen Olsson-Francis, Rosa de la Torre, Charles S. Cockell, 2010, Isolation of novel extreme-tolerant cyanobacteria from a rock-dwelling microbial community by using exposure to low Earth orbit, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, 7, 2115-2121, , 10.1128/AEM.02547-09 Gerda Horneck, Asunción de los Rios, Jacek Wierzchos, Karen Olsson-Francis, Charles S. Cockell, Petra Rettberg, Sieglinde Ott, Jesus Martinez Frias, Pablo Gonzalez Melendi, Maria Mercedes Lucas, Manuel Reina, Ana Pintado, René Demets, Rosa De la Torre Noetzel, Leopoldo García Sancho, Thomas Berger, Jean-Pierre Paul de Vera, 2010, Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions - results of the Lithopanspermia experiments, Icarus, 208, 2, 735-748, , 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.010 Rosa de la Torre, Leopoldo García Sancho, Gerda Horneck, Petra Rettberg, Carmen Ascaso, Asunción de los Rios, Jacek Wierzchos, Jean-Pierre Paul de Vera, Sieglinde Ott, Charles S. Cockell, Karen Olsson-Francis, Jesus Martinez Frias, René Demets, 2009, Testing the Lithopanspermia Theory in the Foton-M3 Mission: Simulation of Interplanetary Transfer and Re-entry Process of Epi- and Endolithic Microbial Communities with the Lithopanspermia Experiment, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 39, 3-4, 356 Gerda Horneck, Dieter Stöffler, Sieglinde Ott, Ulrich Hornemann, Charles S. Cockell, Ralf Möller, Claudia Meyer, Jean-Pierre Paul de Vera, Jörg Fritz, Sara Schade, N. A. Artemieva, 2008, Microbial Rock Inhabitants Survive Hypervelocity Impacts on Mars-like Host Planets: First Phase of Lithopanspermia Experimentally Tested, Astrobiology, 8, 1, 17-44, , 10.1089/ast.2007.0134 Leopoldo G. Sancho, Rosa De la Torre Noetzel, Ana Pintado, 2008, Lichens, new and promising material from experiments in astrobiology, Fungal Biology Reviews, 22, 3-4, 103-109, , 10.1016/j.fbr.2008.12.001 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2007-09-14T00:00:00Z/2007-09-26T00:00:00Z |
| 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 | 2025-11-07T19:33:19Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-04 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Rosa De La Torre et al., 2025, 'LITHOPANSPERMIA', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-50q3x9w |