A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name TARDIS - Survival in anhydrobiotic tardigrades exposed to space conditions
Operational Nomenclature TARDIS
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=TARDIS_RETR
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ed1lfwm
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 K. Ingemar Jonsson
Version 1.0
Team Members TARDIS_RETR
Publication K. Ingemar Jönsson, Elke Rabbow, Ralph O. Schill, Mats Harms-Ringdahl, Petra Rettberg, 2008, Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit, Current Biology, Vol 18 Issue 17, R729-R731, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.048

K. Ingemar Jönsson, 2007, Tardigrades as a potential model organism in space research, Astrobiology, Vol 7, No 5, 757-766, DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0088
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 2025-11-09T12:34:36Z
Last Update 2026-03-04
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, K. Ingemar Jonsson, 2025, 'TARDIS', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ed1lfwm