Survivability and life support in sealed mini-ecosystems with simulated planetary soils

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 26322 - 15
• Main Authors: Sato, Tsubasa, Abe, Ko, Koseki, Jun, Seto, Mayumi, Yokoyama, Jun, Akashi, Tomohiro, Terada, Masahiro, Kadowaki, Kohmei, Yoshida, Satoshi, Yamashiki, Yosuke Alexandre, Shimamura, Teppei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158; 631/337; Animals; Biosphere; Cultivation; Cyanobacteria - growth & development; Cyanobacteria - metabolism; Cyanobacteria - physiology; Ecological Systems, Closed; Ecosystem; Ecosystem stability; Ecosystems; Extraterrestrial Environment; Fruit cultivation; Groundwater; Groundwater - microbiology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Life Support Systems; Light sources; Metagenomics; Microbial activity; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Moisture deficiency; multidisciplinary; Plant growth; Plants - metabolism; Plants - microbiology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Space Flight; Terrestrial ecosystems

Establishing a sustainable life-support system for space exploration is a formidable challenge due to the vast distances, high costs, and environmental differences from Earth. Building upon the lessons from the Biosphere 2 experiment, we introduce the novel “Ecosphere” and “Biosealed” systems, self-...