title: The apparatus "Photostat-I" for simulating Martian environmental conditions.
abstract: One of the main tasks of exobiology is to determine conditions required for life on different planets of our solar system. At present, experimental ecological methods permitting the study of responses of living systems to extreme influences and, in particular, to simulated environmental Martian conditions, are widely used. To study the reaction of Earth organisms, special chambers and mechanisms are used which allow the modelling of conditions different from ours, mainly Martian. Existing devices capable of simulating the Martian environment. Our apparatus "Photostat-I" permits the simulation of pressure and visible light illumination (up to 60,000 lux), the irradiation of biological objectives in UV light (220-400 nm) and the production of a daily temperature cycle typical of Mars with a high degree of accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, USSR.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Zaar
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Zelikson
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kitaigorodsky
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Lozina-Lozinsky
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Koshelev
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rybin
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D004867:Equipment Design; D018559:Exobiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D008027:Light; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation; D018535:Mars; D011312:Pressure; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays