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Sept. 8, 2014
In the Orenburg steppe after a two-orbital mission landed the Russian scientific apparatus Foton-M4. On board - the results of more than 20 scientific experiments.
Orbital Laboratory family Foton, as well as all versions of the spacecraft Bion, created in the workshops of Space-Rocket Center Progress on Volga. To place in orbit rockets Soyuz Samara registration.
Scientific equipment with experiments prepared for transportation to the laboratory
"We do, and doing satellites. And for the economy doing Foton". Bion which flew in the past year, has brought unique scientific data that the world was not. This discovery identified how the signal transmission through the spinal cord, through the receptors. discovered how it affects astronauts. In mice, found the effect of weightlessness on the human brain. These devices bring great benefit - emphasizes the general designer of the Roman Catholic Church, Progress Ravil Akhmetov.
The main differences between the new Foton-M4 - batteries and propulsion system. Thanks batteries were able to increase the life of the satellite to two months. And the engines were given a Foton ability to change the orbit.
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Spacecraft Foton:
- Operating the satellite orbit - 575 km;
- Mass of the satellite - 6840 kilograms;
- The mass of scientific equipment in the machine - 650 pounds;
- The mass of scientific equipment on the outer surface of the device - 250 pounds;
- The orbital lifetime - up to 60 days.
Sputnik (spacecraft) Foton - the tip of the iceberg. This long-term work of scientists and engineers in the world. The main goal - to prepare a man for interplanetary missions.
With the help of Foton orbital science space biology and completely solves the immediate problem, such as how to get electricity in space with the help of microorganisms.
Bacteria - energy in space (In Russian)
"On board was bioaccumulators which generates electricity using biobaktery. Fact, it is the device that can produce electricity indefinitely. Course, this is not much of any power and voltage, it is somewhere around 500 millivolts. But it worked fine in weightlessness, always gave 500 millivolts of electricity. analogues of this experiment is not at all" - is proud to celebrate the deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Sychev.
In the near future, scientists hope to create a completely closed life-support systems, to the road to the other planets became a reality for mankind.
"If we can use today to provide a human fly cargo ships that deliver to the ISS the necessary materials, food, water and so on, to ensure that a person could exist, when it flies away, there's nothing will not be delivered. There should be will regenerate the environment" - said the deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Sychev.
Now we can say that the orbital mission Foton led to serious conclusions. Scientists estimate it as successful. Fly Drosophila gave the first few generations of offspring in space flight. Another ended successfully experiment called "Biodegradation" proved the possibility of disposal of waste by bacteria.
"This is a very important issue in terms of livelihood. This question-waste disposal in space on long flights" - says the head of the laboratory of the Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences Vyacheslav Ilyin.
Foton-M4 instruments and experiments description
Recent years, most biological studies have been conducted on the International Space Station (ISS), but their number was limited. ISS can not replace a scientific institute. Therefore, the Russian vehicles has a great future. Four years later, in the space is planned to be the new satellite Bion orbit which will increase up to a thousand kilometers. This will allow a better understanding of the effect of cosmic radiation on living beings.
"We can expect that lifting the orbit at 500 km, we will increase even more radiation component. This is the second" Bion. "I think he will be ready by 2019. We will try" - assures Vladimir Sychev.
Another promising scientific apparatus under the working title "Return-MK" scientists plan to launch into an elliptical orbit with a maximum distance from the Earth is 200 thousand kilometers - outside the Earth's magnetosphere to bring your experiment parameters of interplanetary flight.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/20898/
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