G. Horneck

Publication List Details

Period

1989 - 2009

Number

380

Co-Authors

Triple F—a comet nucleus sample return mission (2009)

Küppers, Michael, Keller, H. U., Kührt, E., A’Hearn, M. F., Altwegg, K., Bertrand, R., ...

The Triple F (Fresh From the Fridge) mission, a Comet Nucleus Sample Return, has been proposed to ESA’s Cosmic Vision program. A sample return from a comet enables us to reach the ultimate goal of...

Triple F - A Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission (2008)

Küppers, Michael, Keller, Horst Uwe, Kührt, Ekkehard, A'Hearn, Michael, Altwegg, Kathrin, Bertrand, R., ...

The Triple F (Fresh From the Fridge) mission, a Comet Nucleus Sample Return, has been proposed to ESA’s Cosmic Vision program. A sample return from a comet enables us to reach the ultimate goal of...

Microbial rock inhabitants survive hypervelocity impacts on Mars-like host planets: First phase of lithopanspermia experimentally tested (2008)

Horneck, G., Stoffler, D., Ott, S., Hornemann, U., Cockell, C.S., Möller, R., ...

The scenario of lithopanspermia describes the viable transport of microorganisms via meteorites. To test the first step of lithopanspermia, i. e., the impact ejection from a planet, systematic shock...

Role of DNA protection and repair in resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores to ultrahigh shock pressures simulating hypervelocity Impacts (2008)

Moeller, R., Horneck, G., Rabbow, E., Reitz, G., Meyer, C., Hornemann, U., ...

Impact-induced ejections of rocks from planetary surfaces are frequent events in the early history of the terrestrial planets and have been considered as a possible first step in the potential...

Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions (2008)

S. Onofri, D. Barreca, L. Selbmann, D. Isola, E. Rabbow, G. Horneck, ...

Dried colonies of the Antarctic rock-inhabiting meristematic fungi Cryomyces antarcticus CCFEE 515, CCFEE 534 and C. minteri CCFEE 5187, as well as fragments of rocks colonized by the Antarctic...

Life after shock: the mission from Mars to Earth (2006)

Meyer, C., Stöffler, D., Fritz, J., Horneck, G., Möller, R., Cockell, C. S., ...

Extract from introduction: The minerals of the Martian meteorites collected so far indicate an exposure to shock waves in the pressure range of 5 to 55 GPa [1]. As terrestrial rocks are frequently...

Impact experiments in support of "Lithopanspermia": The route from Mars to Earth (2006)

Stöffler, D., Meyer, C., Fritz, J., Horneck, G., Möller, R., Cockell, C. S., ...

Shock recovery experiments on a Martian analogue rock (gabbro) loaded with three types of microorganisms reveal that these organisms survive the impact and ejection phase on Mars at shock pressures...

Shock recovery experiments confirm the possibility of transferring viable microorganisms from Mars to Earth (2005)

Stöffler, D., Meyer, C., Fritz, J., Horneck, G., Möller, R., Cockell, C. S., ...

Extract from introduction: With regard to the impact and ejection phase we tested the case for the transfer of microorganisms from Mars to Earth. Using a high explosive set-up thin layers of...

A Planetary Park system for Mars (2004)

Cockell, C., Horneck, G.

The increasing robotic exploration of Mars and eventual human exploration and settlement of that planet threatens to have a significant environmental impact on scientifically important sites and...

Ultraviolet protection on a snowball Earth (2001)

Cockell, C. S., Wynn-Williams, D. D., Horneck, G.

Habitats in the Antarctic provide an insight into habitats available on snowball earth. Physical UV protection on snowball earth would have been dominated by the manifestations of ice and snow in...

Systematic Study of Parameters Influencing the Action of Rose Bengal with Visible Light on Bacterial Cells: Comparison Between the Biological Effect and Singlet-Oxygen Production (2000)

M. Schäfer, C. Schmitz, R. Facius, G. Horneck, B. Milow, ...

As part of a project to study different methods for the disinfection of effluent water, the inactivation of different microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Deinococcus radiodurans and spores of Bacillus...

Biological dosimetry of solar radiation for different simulated ozone column thicknesses (1996)

Horneck, G., Rettberg, P., Rabbow, E., Strauch, W., Seckmeyer, G., Facius, R., ...

During the Spacelab mission D-2, in the experiment RD-UVRAD, precalibrated biofilms consisting of dry monolayers; of immobilised spores of Bacillus subtilis (strain Marburg) were exposed, for defined...

Theory of Mutation Induction by Accelerated Very Heavy Ions in Cells (1995)

Kozubek, S., Horneck, G., Rýznar, L.

Stochastic effects of ionising radiation in humans are related to mutation induction in cells. Therefore experimental data on mutation induction represents one of the endpoints used for the...

Biologically Weighted Dosimetry of Solar UV Radiation (1994)

Horneck, G., Seckmeyer, G., Simon, P.

The main aim of the research project is to obtain base-line data on the biologically effective solar UV B irradiance and its diurnal and seasonal variation. Biological weighting of the spectral...

Responses to Accelerated Heavy Ions of Spores of Bacillus subtilis of Different Repair Capacity (1991)

Baltschukat, K., Horneck, G.

Inactivation, mutagenesis to histidine prototrophy and the involvement of DNA repair were studied in spores of Bacillus subtilis irradiated with heavy ions at LBL, Berkeley and GSI, Darmstadt. Five...

Action spectra in the vacuum-UV and far UV (122-300nm) for inactivation of wet and vacuum-dry spores of Streptomyces griseus and photo-reactivation. (1991)

Keller, B., Horneck, G.

Inactivation and photoenzymatic repair were studied in spores of Streptomyces griseus irradiated with monochromatic UV light (half bandwidth 2 nm) in the range of 200-300 nm - in the wet state - or...

A biofilm used as ultraviolet dosimeter (1991)

Quintern, L. E., Horneck, G., Eschweiler, U., Bücker, H.

An UV-dosimeter has been developed for routine measurements which mainly weights the various components of the spectrum in relation to their damaging effects on a microorganism. For this purpose a...

A biosensor for environmental genotoxin screening based on an SOS lux assay in recombinant Escherichia coli cells.

Ptitsyn, L R, Horneck, G, Komova, O, Kozubek, S, Krasavin, E A, Bonev, M, ...

A genetically controlled luminescent bacterial reporter assay, the SOS lux test, was developed for rapid detection of environmental genotoxins. The bioassay is based on the recombinant plasmid...

A biosensor for environmental genotoxin screening based on an SOS lux assay in recombinant Escherichia coli cells.

Ptitsyn, L R, Horneck, G, Komova, O, Kozubek, S, Krasavin, E A, Bonev, M, ...

A genetically controlled luminescent bacterial reporter assay, the SOS lux test, was developed for rapid detection of environmental genotoxins. The bioassay is based on the recombinant plasmid...

Astrobiological Aspects of Mars and Human Presence: Pros and Cons

Horneck, G

After the realization of the International Space Station, human exploratory missions to Moon or Mars, i.e. beyond low Earth orbit, are widely considered as the next logical step of peaceful...

Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions

Onofri, S., Barreca, D., Selbmann, L., Isola, D., Rabbow, E., Horneck, G., ...

Dried colonies of the Antarctic rock-inhabiting meristematic fungi Cryomyces antarcticus CCFEE 515, CCFEE 534 and C. minteri CCFEE 5187, as well as fragments of rocks colonized by the Antarctic...