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The SEVO payload integrates a compact UV-visible-NIR spectrometer, utilizing the Sun as its light source, with a 24-cell sample carousel that houses four classes of vacuum-deposited organic thin films: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), amino acid, metalloporphyrin, and quinone. The organic films are enclosed in hermetically sealed sample cells that contain one of four astrobiologically relevant microenvironments. Results are reported in this paper for the first 309 days of the mission, during which the samples were exposed for \u223c2210\u2009h to direct solar illumination (\u223c1080\u2009kJ\/cm\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    of solar energy over the 124\u20132600\u2009nm range). Transmission spectra (200\u20131000\u2009nm) were recorded for each film, at first daily and subsequently every 15 days, along with a solar spectrum and the dark response of the detector array. 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