AbstractFor the purposes of planetary protection, a series of experiments were performed to answer a long-standing question about the potential of bacterial contamination of interplanetary spacecraft from liquid hydrazine. Spores of Bacillus atrophaeus (ATCC No. 9372, also known as Bacillus subtilis var. niger, and BSN) were exposed to hydrazine and survivors were enumerated using the NASA standard planetary protection pour plate assay. Results indicate that bulk hydrazine rocket propellant may be considered free of living bacterial cells for planetary protection compliance.
Viability of bacterial spores exposed to hydrazine
Advances in Space Research ; 42 , 6 ; 1144-1149
2007-07-25
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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