OREOcube

<p>OREOcube (ORganics Exposure in Orbit cube) is an <a href="/facts/Experiment/esltM54f">experiment</a> designed by the <a href="/facts/European_Space_Agency/L8YRNV0C">European Space Agency</a> (ESA) with the <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> that will investigate the effects of <a href="/facts/Solar_radiation/SI26I7aD">solar</a> and <a href="/facts/Cosmic_radiation/uxCVdTKd">cosmic radiation</a> on selected <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compounds</a>. It will consist in a 12-month orbital study of the effects of the <a href="/facts/Outer_space/R3LRKyFs">outer space</a> environment on <a href="/facts/Astrobiology/GS1tFhrf">astrobiologically</a> relevant materials in an external exposure facility on the <a href="/facts/International_Space_Station/VNPUBz9m">International Space Station</a> (ISS).
</p><p>The project was originally aimed to be launched in 2016, however as of 2024 it has not yet been launched  will examine the evolution of complex organic molecules in outer space, as well as the forms in which prebiotic organic compounds has been preserved. It will also study the role that solid mineral surfaces play in the photo-chemical evolution, transport, and distribution of organics. The <a href="/facts/Principal_investigator/GXE6ILvW">principal investigator</a> is <a href="/facts/Pascale_Ehrenfreund/0A8CwuTe">Pascale Ehrenfreund</a>.
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OREOcube