Prokaryotic and Fungal Characterization of the Facilities Used to Assemble, Test, and Launch the OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

Prokaryotic and Fungal Characterization of the Facilities Used to Assemble, Test, and Launch the OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

To characterize the ATLO (Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations) environment of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, we analyzed 17 aluminum witness foils and two blanks for bacterial, archaeal, fungal, and arthropod DNA. Under NASA’s Planetary Protection guidelines, OSIRIS-REx is a Category II outbound, Cate...

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Main Authors: Aaron B. Regberg, Christian L. Castro, Harold C. Connolly, Richard E. Davis, Jason P. Dworkin, Dante S. Lauretta, Scott R. Messenger, Hannah L. Mclain, Francis M. McCubbin, Jamie L. Moore, Kevin Righter, Sarah Stahl-Rommel, Sarah L. Castro-Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
tag sequencing
oligotrophs
16S
ITS
contamination
spacecraft
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.530661/full

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