Eu:CROPIS - Euglena gracilis: Combined Regenerative Organic-food Production in Space - A Space Experiment Testing Biological Life Support Systems Under Lunar And Martian Gravity

Hauslage, Jens and Strauch, Sebastian M. and Eßmann, Olaf and Haag, Ferdinand W.M. and Richter, Peter and Krüger, Julia and Stoltze, Julia and Becker, Ina and Nasir, Adeel and Bornemann, Gerhild and Müller, Hartmut and Delovski, Toni and Berger, Thomas and Rutczynska, Aleksandra and Maršálek, Karel and Lebert, Michael (2018) Eu:CROPIS - Euglena gracilis: Combined Regenerative Organic-food Production in Space - A Space Experiment Testing Biological Life Support Systems Under Lunar And Martian Gravity. Microgravity Science and Technology, 30 (6), pp. 933-942. Springer. doi: 10.1007/s12217-018-9654-1. ISSN 0938-0108.

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Abstract

Human space exploration needs stable life support systems for the supply of oxygen, water and food for each human explorer due to long term missions. The most promising approach for building stable life support systems is a combination of physico-chemical and biological systems. These hybrid systems combine the reliability of physico-chemical and the sustainability of biological life support systems. Also the disadvantages, which are the finite resources of physico-chemical and the imperfect reliability of biological systems, are mutually balanced. To improve the reliability of biological life support systems, a combination of different biological systems may stabilize the whole approach during long term operations. The satellite mission Eu:CROPIS (Euglena gracilis: Combined Regenerative Organic-food Production In Space) is a testbed for investigating the behavior of combined biological life support systems under the influence of altered gravity, here, Lunar and Martian gravity. The core systems are a biological trickle filter for processing urine into a fertilizer solution via nitrification and Euglena gracilis, a photosynthetic protist which is able to produce oxygen and biomass while protecting the whole system against high ammonia concentrations.

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https://elib.dlr.de/125672/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

Eu:CROPIS - Euglena gracilis: Combined Regenerative Organic-food Production in Space - A Space Experiment Testing Biological Life Support Systems Under Lunar And Martian Gravity

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Hauslage, Jens	DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Gravitational Biology, Cologne, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2184-7000	UNSPECIFIED
Strauch, Sebastian M.	Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Cell Biology, Erlangen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0433-5874	UNSPECIFIED
Eßmann, Olaf	DLR Institute of Space Systems, System Development and Project Office, Bremen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Haag, Ferdinand W.M.	Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Cell Biology, Erlangen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-793X	UNSPECIFIED
Richter, Peter	Department of Cell Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Krüger, Julia	Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Cell Biology, Erlangen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Stoltze, Julia	Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Cell Biology, Erlangen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Becker, Ina	DLR Space Life Institute for Aerospace Medicine, Gravitational Biology, Cologne, Germany, and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Cell Biology, Erlangen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Nasir, Adeel	Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Cell Biology, Erlangen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Bornemann, Gerhild	DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Gravitational Biology, Cologne, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Müller, Hartmut	DLR Institute of Space Systems, System Development and Project Office, Bremen, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Delovski, Toni	DLR Institute of Space Systems, System Development and Project Office, Bremen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-3830	UNSPECIFIED
Berger, Thomas	DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology, Cologne, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-5740	UNSPECIFIED
Rutczynska, Aleksandra	DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology, Cologne, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Maršálek, Karel	DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology, Cologne, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8559-8440	UNSPECIFIED
Lebert, Michael	Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Department of Cell Biology, Erlangen, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0448-8117	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

26 September 2018

Journal or Publication Title:

Microgravity Science and Technology

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.1007/s12217-018-9654-1

Page Range:

pp. 933-942

Editors:

Editors	Email	Editor's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
UNSPECIFIED	Springer Netherlands	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Publisher:

Springer

Series Name:

Springer Nature

ISSN:

0938-0108

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Compact satellite, Life support system, Moon, Mars, Reduced gravity, Nitrification

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Research under Space Conditions

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R FR - Research under Space Conditions

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project eu:cropis (old)

Location:

Bremen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Space Systems > Systems Engineering and Project Office
Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Gravitational Biology
Institute of Aerospace Medicine > Radiation Biology

Deposited By:

Delovski, Toni

Deposited On:

08 Jan 2019 11:45

Last Modified:

08 Nov 2023 14:13

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