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European scientists have gathered tiny fungi that take shelter in Antarctic rocks and sent them to the International Space Station. After 18 months on board in conditions similar to those on Mars, more than 60% of their cells remained intact, with stable DNA. The results provide new information for the search for life on the red planet. Lichens from the Sierra de Gredos (Spain) and the Alps (Austria) also travelled into space for the same experiment.

Torre noetzelSilvano onofriGredos avilaEuropean space agencyUniversity of tuscanySpain national institute of aerospace technologyMcmurdo dry valleysAntarctic victoria landInternational space stationSpace shuttle atlantisRosa de la torre noetzelNational instituteAerospace technologyFungi experimentProfessor silvano onofriSierra de gredos