The study of Terrestrial microorganisms in space conditions and search for extraterrestrial microorganisms on space bodies
- 1Moscow State University, Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Phisics, Moscow, Russian Federation (ggkmsu@yandex.ru)
- 2Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Physics Department, Moscow State University, Russia ( panasyuk@sinp.msu.ru )
- 3Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation ( sis@coronas.ru )
- 4Biological Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation ( vanka.kon@gmail.com )
- 5Biological Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation ( pogosyan@biophys.msu.ru )
- 6Biological Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation ( rubin@biophys.msu.ru )
- 7Belozersky Institute of Physics-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation ( cycloheximide@yandex.ru )
The aim of the researches is detecting and exploration of microorganisms of Terrestrial and Cosmic origin.
Microorganisms are supposed to be studied in the near-earth space on space objects of manmade origin and on the space bodies of Solar system in the extraterrestrial space, including planets.
For research, it is proposed to use the properties of microorganisms to emit a fluorescent glow when they irradiated with flashes of light causing their fluorescence.
One of the research tasks is to search for terrestrial microorganisms that have occurred in space from Earth, as well as research of the survival of the terrestrial microorganisms in space conditions which shall be placed in special laboratories on board of the microsatellites on the Earth.
The second task is to search for microorganisms on space bodies in interplanetary space by remote sensing of the surface of space bodies by flashes of light.
To solve the first problem of this work is considered an example of a micro-laboratory for the study of terrestrial microorganisms located in space conditions in near-earth space on microsatellites.
To solve the second problem, is considered an example of remote sensing equipment of space objects for searching for microorganisms on space bodies in interplanetary space which is installed on board of microsatellite created for far space exploration.
Concerning to the first task it is shown that in automatic laboratories on microsatellites, it is possible to study the dynamics of microorganisms survival in space in conditions with a fixed habitat similar to earth's and in a changing environment that adequate the entry of microorganisms into open space and return them back to the earth conditions.
Concerning to the second task it is shown that colonies of microorganisms on the surface of space bodies can be detected and studied from the orbits of their artificial satellites or from flight path trajectories near the space body at distances in order 200 km, and single microorganisms can be detected and studied at distances in order hundreds of meters
How to cite: Garipov, G., Panasyuk, M., Svertilov, S., Konyukhov, I., Pogosyan, S., Rubin, A., and Andreev, D.: The study of Terrestrial microorganisms in space conditions and search for extraterrestrial microorganisms on space bodies, Europlanet Science Congress 2020, online, 21 September–9 Oct 2020, EPSC2020-106, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-106, 2020
