rootbrowseIAC-12A1session 55. Astrobiology and ExplorationPapers1. Habitability in the Solar System2. Challenges Associated with the Remote Detection of Methane as a Primitive Biosignature3. Underwater exploration mission on Europa Jovian moon4. Rosetta, Hayabusa 2, and the Emergence of life5. The Phobos LIFE Biomodule: A Rugged, Multi-Sealed Design for Space Biology Experiments6. Astrobiology Field Research in Mars Analogue Environments7. Field analogue geology and astrobiology in support of Mars Science Laboratory: correlation of organics with topographic units8. DNA stability and integrity after space flight and re-entry9. THE SPACE EXPERIMENTS BOSS AND BIOMEX ON THE EXPOSE R-2 MISSION: FIRST RESULTS ON DESERT CYANOBACTERIA UNDER SPACE AND MARTIAN SIMULATIONS10. Investigation of Cleaning Technologies and Validation Procedures appropriate to needed cleanliness for instruments used in the search for life11. Preparing for the Human Exploration of Mars: Health Care and Planetary Protection Requirements and Practices12. OBSERVING NATURE OF EARTH'S MICROBES ON MARS AND BRINGING BACK THE SPACECRAFT ALONG WITH MARS'S SOIL AND ROCK SAFELY13. CONTROVERSIAL VIEW ON TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGINS OF LIFE14. Nanotechnology: An attempt to explain Central problem for Origin of Life studies by using Clay Nanoparticles and Enzymes (Nanozyme )