About the Authors

Kristina Beblo-Vranesevic

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

kristina.beblo@dlr.de

Affiliation Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany

Maria Bohmeier

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany

Alexandra K. Perras

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Microbiology and Archaea, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Petra Schwendner

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation School of Physics and Astronomy, UK Center for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Elke Rabbow

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany

Christine Moissl-Eichinger

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, BioTechMed Graz, Graz, Austria

Charles S. Cockell

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Physics and Astronomy, UK Center for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Rüdiger Pukall

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Leibniz Institute DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany

Pauline Vannier

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation MATIS—Prokaria, Reykjavík, Iceland

Viggo T. Marteinsson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MATIS—Prokaria, Reykjavík, Iceland, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

Euan P. Monaghan

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Leiden Observatory, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, Netherland

Pascale Ehrenfreund

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Leiden Observatory, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, Netherland, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

Laura Garcia-Descalzo

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial—Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CAB), Madrid, Spain

Felipe Gómez

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial—Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CAB), Madrid, Spain

Moustafa Malki

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain

Ricardo Amils

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain

Frédéric Gaboyer

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Orléans, France

Frances Westall

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Orléans, France

Patricia Cabezas

Roles Project administration

Affiliation European Science Foundation (ESF), Strasbourg, France

Nicolas Walter

Roles Project administration

Affiliation European Science Foundation (ESF), Strasbourg, France

Petra Rettberg

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Radiation Biology Department, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Christine Moissl-Eichinger is a member of the editorial board of PLOS One. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.