| Name | EXPOSE-E SEEDS - Testing plant seed as a terrestrial model for panspermia vehicle and as a source for universal UV screens |
| Operational Nomenclature | EXPOSE-E SEEDS |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=EXPOSE_E_SEEDS_ISS |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-2cnxvwa |
| Platform | ISS |
| HRE-E3P Category | Biology |
| Mission | Inc16, Inc17, Inc18, Inc19, Inc20 |
| 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 | David Tepfer |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | EXPOSE_E_SEEDS_ISS |
| Publication | Andreja Zalar, David Tepfer, SV Hoffmann, JM Kenney, Sydney Leach, 2007, Directed exospermia: I. biological modes of resistance to uv light are implied through absorption spectroscopy of dna and potential uv screens, International Journal of Astrobiology, 6, 3, 229-240 Gerda Horneck, Martin Zell, 2012, Introduction to the EXPOSE-E Mission, Astrobiology - Special Collection: The EXPOSE-E Mission, 12, 5, 373, , 10.1089/ast.2012.0831 David Tepfer, Andreja Zalar, Sydney Leach, 2012, Survival of Plant Seeds, Their UV Screens, and nptII DNA for 18 Months Outside the International Space Station, Astrobiology - Special Collection: The EXPOSE-E Mission, 12, 5, 517-528 David Tepfer, Sydney Leach, 2017, Survival and DNA Damage in Plant Seeds Exposed for 558 and 682 Days outside the International Space Station, Astrobiology, 17, 3, , DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1457 [10] René Demets, (2022), Window contamination on EXPOSE: An unresolved problem Elke Rabbow, Petra Rettberg, S Barczyk, M Bohmeier, A Parpart, Corinna Panitz, Gerda Horneck, R von Heise-Rotenburg, Tom Hoppenbrouwers, R Willnecker, Pietro Baglioni, René Demets, Jan Dettmann, Günther Reitz, 2012, EXPOSE-E: An ESA Astrobiology Mission 1.5 Years in Space, Astrobiology - Special Collection: The EXPOSE-E Mission, 12, 5, 374-386 David Tepfer, 2008, The origin of life, panspermia and a proposal to seed the universe, Plant Science, 175, 6, 756-760 Tom Beuselinck, C van Bavinchove, 2011, EXPOSE: Environmental history by calculation - EXPOSE-E Simulation Results, ESA Contract No 4000102520, EXP-RP-017-RS, Issue A, Revision 2, , ESA Andreja Zalar, David Tepfer, SV Hoffmann, A Kollmann, Sydney Leach, 2007, Directed exospermia: II. vuv-uv spectroscopy of specialized uv screens, including plant flavonoids, suggests using metabolic engineering to improve survival in space, International Journal of Astrobiology, 6, 4, 291-301 Elke Rabbow, Gerda Horneck, Petra Rettberg, JU Schott, Corinna Panitz, A L'Afflitto, R von Heise-Rotenburg, R Willnecker, Pietro Baglioni, Jason Hatton, Jan Dettmann, René Demets, Günther Reitz, 2009, EXPOSE, an Astrobiological Exposure Facility on the International Space Station - from Proposal to Flight, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 39, 581-598, , 10.1007/s11084‐009‐9173‐6 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2007-10-13T00:00:00Z/2009-10-11T00:00:00Z |
| 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 | 2026-05-06T12:38:11Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, David Tepfer, 2026, 'EXPOSE-E SEEDS', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-2cnxvwa |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |