An important step on the way to Mars (annual expedition to the ISS)

    The television channel Science 2.0 has released a new series for the Cosmonautics Day series from the series of scientific and educational films telling us about the most important step in preparing for the Mars mission - the annual expedition to the ISS.



    Immediately after the flight (March 2, 2016) of the Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and the American astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent nearly a year in orbit, ended, they were sent to pass tests that show exactly how astronauts and astronauts will feel, after almost annual flight to mars. This record-breaking expedition is the largest scientific experiment in the history of the ISS.



    This series also tells about the rescue squad: about 200 servicemen of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Central Military District, specialists from the Rosaviatsia Cosmonaut Training Center and the Energia rocket and space corporation participate in the search and rescue operation of the squadron. A total of 12 Mi-8 helicopters, 4 An-12 and An-26 airplanes and special ground transport are involved in the operation. Science Channel 2.0 journalist was the only journalist who arrived in Kazakhstan who was included in the ground search and rescue team.

    The entire playlist of the Year in Orbit series is available here .

    Expeditions of this kind were arranged on the ISS before, but their duration was not more than 6 months. Namely, the annual will allow to evaluate the effectiveness of measures to preserve the health and vitality of the body during the Martian mission.

    This experiment was unique in that the astronaut Scott Kelly has an identical twin brother Mark, who himself is an astronaut. And now scientists will be able to conduct genetic studies of the brothers, to understand what kind of influence microgravity has (the ISS does not have complete weightlessness, because of the constant operation of the equipment on the ISS and because of the heterogeneity of the Earth’s gravitational field, astronauts and astronauts experience almost constant micro-accelerations , 1-0,001g) at the molecular level.

    Thanks to Science 2.0 for this informative and fascinating series, it is very important to popularize such expeditions, because they provide an opportunity to study the effect of weightlessness and the space environment on the human body for almost one year.

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