240 Days in Solitude: SIRIUS-21, a simulation project of an expedition to the Moon, begins in Moscow

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November 4, 2021 12:39 GMT

Six volunteer researchers from Russia, the United States and the United Arab Emirates are participating in the experiment.

Six volunteers will spend eight months in isolation in an enclosed space as part of the international experience Sirius 2021, which begins on Thursday in Moscow under the control of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBMP, Russian acronym). during the test An expedition to the moon will be simulated, with “walking” on its surface. Participants will have 240 days to “reach” the Earth’s natural satellite, “fly” around it to find a landing site, and then “land” and then “return” home.

Especially for pilot spacesuits created with Helmets with virtual reality elements, where the crew will stand on the surface of the moon. The researchers are supposed to take soil samples and run a life-size model of the lunar rover. The crew will remain in an independent ground complex and will only communicate with the experience control center through an audio system. Meanwhile, communication with family members will be available via email.

The trainer from the Astronaut Training Center participates in the rehearsal Russian, Oleg Blinov; IMBP surgeon and scientist, Victoria Kirichenko and Ekaterina Kariákina; The we Graduated from Russian Language and Literature, William Brown; and US Space Systems Command representative, Ashley Kowalski; test astronaut The United Arab Emirates, Saleh Omar Al Ameri.

The SIRIUS (International Scientific Research on a Unique Earth Station) project is led by the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences and NASA’s Human Research Program, with the participation of the Russian, German and Canadian space agencies. Specialists from Russia, the USA, Germany, France, Italy and other countries.

Includes a series of isolation experiments. The first happened in November 2017, when the crew spent 17 days in isolation. Four months of isolation took place between 2018 and 2019. They are also planned Three trials for a year until 2028.

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