| Name | STONE 6 - Artificial meteorites of sedimentary origin |
| Operational Nomenclature | STONE 6 |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=STONE6_RETR |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-86jvb4u |
| 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 | Andre Brack |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | STONE6_RETR |
| Publication | F Foucher, Francis Westall, JM Bény, Franz Brandstätter, René Demets, 2008, Can microfossils in a meteor survive atmospheric entry?, EPSC Abstracts, Vol. 3, , EPSC2008-A-00273 European Planetary Science Congress, Münster, September 2008 Francis Westall, Rosa De la Torre Noetzel, 2008, Meteorites: Stones with Stowaways?, Looking Up: Europe's Quiet Revolution in Microgravity Research, Scientific American Custom Publication, , 8-15 Francis Westall, René Demets, Franz Brandstätter, Howell G.M. Edwards, Charles S. Cockell, J Parnell, Judith M. Pillinger, Suzy Sancisi-Frey, I Franchi, Gero Kurat, André Brack, 2008, Stone 6: Artificial sedimentary meteorites in space, 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10-14 March 2008, League City, Texas, USA, Abstr. 1538 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, Francis Westall, 2010, Meteoriten: Steine mit blinden Passagieren?, Schwerelos - Europa forscht im Weltraum, Spektrum der Wissenschaft EXTRA, , 20-29, , ISBN 978-3-941205-48-2 J Parnell, SA Bowden, D Muirhead, N Blamey, Francis Westall, René Demets, S Verchovsky, Franz Brandstätter, André Brack, 2011, Preservation of organic matter in the STONE 6 artificial meteorite experiment, Icarus, 212, 1, 390-402, dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.029 F Foucher, Francis Westall, Franz Brandstätter, René Demets, J Parnell, Charles S. Cockell, Howell G.M. Edwards, Gero Kurat, JM Bény, André Brack, 2010, Testing the survival of microfossils in artificial martian sedimentary meteorites during entry into Earth's atmosphere: the STONE-6 experiment, Icarus, 207, 2, 616-630, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.014 Francis Westall, René Demets, Franz Brandstätter, Howell G.M. Edwards, Charles S. Cockell, J Parnell, F Foucher, Gero Kurat, André Brack, 2009, Can Martian Rocks Carrying Martian Microfossils Make it to Earth?, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 39, 5. Abstr. EANA Neuchâtel, Switzerland, September 2008, , DOI 10.1007/s11084-008-9155-0 Francis Westall, René Demets, Franz Brandstätter, Howell G.M. Edwards, Charles S. Cockell, J Parnell, Judith M. Pillinger, I Franchi, Gero Kurat, André Brack, 2008, Stone 6: artificial sedimentary meteorites in space, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 10, 2, 1607-7962/gra/EGU2008-A-04592, EGU General Assembly Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-04592 Francis Westall, René Demets, Franz Brandstätter, Howell G.M. Edwards, Charles S. Cockell, J Parnell, Judith M. Pillinger, Gero Kurat, André Brack, 2008, Stone 6: Mars-analogue artificial sedimentary meteorites in space, 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 13-20 July 2008, Montréal, Canada, Abstr # 2797, 3457 |
| 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 | 2025-11-09T11:34:02Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-04 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Andre Brack, 2025, 'STONE 6', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-86jvb4u |