ROSCOSMOS - SIRIUS-21 Mission patch.
Nov. 4, 2021
The third stage of the international experiment SIRIUS (Scientific International Research In Unique terrestrial Station) starts at the site of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. As part of this 240-day isolation study, 70 experiments will be carried out related to preparation for further space exploration by humans.
During the experiment simulating a flight to the moon, it is planned to collect scientific data on a number of problems that the crew of the space expedition will have to face:
- Classic unfavorable factors of space flight and pressurized chamber experiment: sensory deprivation, monotony, limited social contacts, limited living space and controlled habitat;
- Factors of autonomous interplanetary flight, including limiting the resources of the expedition and extravehicular activities on the planet's surface;
- Professional activities of the crew (docking of transport ships, landing of the lunar module, control of robotic equipment);
- Communication delay up to 5 minutes one way;
- The formation of a crew of a mixed gender and nationality;
- Performing joint international experiments in close cooperation with developers and research directors;
- Working off emergency situations.
The participants of the experiment, as well as members of the international crew of the SIRIUS-21 mission will be: Oleg Blinov (Russia), Victoria Kirichenko (Russia), Ekaterina Karjakina (Russia), William Brown (USA), Ashley Kowalski (USA) and Saleh Omar al Ameri (UAE).
The previous two stages of the experiment - SIRIUS-17 and SIRIUS-19 - were carried out in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Within the framework of the first stage, simulating a 17-day space flight, the features of adaptation of the human body to the conditions of isolation in a pressurized object were investigated. A citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany participated in the experiment along with five Russian volunteers. At the second stage, the duration of the experiment simulating a real space flight to the Moon increased to 120 days. It was attended by four Russians and two US citizens.
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/33257/
IBMP RAS: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/imbp-ran/
SIRIUS-21: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/sirius-21/
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