LANDERS STERILE INTEGRATION IMPLEMENTATIONS: EXAMPLE OF MARS 96 MISSION

In the frame of extraterrestrial exploration missions and since the beginning of the Solar System exploration, it is required, according to the article IX of the OUTER SPACE TREATY (London/ Washington, January 27, 1967) to preserve planets and Earth from contamination. Consequently, Committee of Space Research (COSPAR) has established some planetary protection recommendations in order to protect other worlds environment from biological contamination by terrestrial microorganisms, to protect exobiological science for searching life on planets and to protect Earth environment from reverse contamination.