Bischof, Grace https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8341-2606
Moores, John E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9435-1095
Ordinaria, Ruella https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2583-3279
Schuerger, Andrew C. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3781-5046
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN-2019-06334)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC22K0212)
Article Title: A Mars Microbial Survival Model: Calculating Bioburden Reductions for Past Mars Spacecraft to Estimate Forward Contamination on Mars
Journal Title: The Planetary Science Journal
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Publication dates
Date Received: 2025-09-25
Date Accepted: 2026-01-12
Online publication date: 2026-02-11