TOMSK, Jul 22 – RIA Tomsk. A graduate of Tomsk State University (TSU) Daria Zhidova took part
in the four-month isolation experiment SIRIUS-19, which simulated a flight to
the Moon, disembarking on its surface, and also the way home, the press service
of the university reported on Monday.
Earlier it was reported that the four-month isolation
experiment SIRIUS-19 includes an imitation of the flyby of the Moon and
disembarking on its surface, as well as the way home. During the
"flight" crew members had to conduct medical, physiological,
psychological, technological experiments, test various equipment and even grow
their greenhouse. The first SIRIUS experiment took place in 2017
"SIRIUS – is the international project of the
Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and
American company Human Research Program NASA. SIRIUS started in March, and in
July six crew members "returned to Earth", – is said in the statement.
During the "flight" the crew is located in a
specially developed medical-technical ground-based experimental complex of the
IBP RAS. Graduate of the Faculty of Physics and Engineering of Tomsk State
University Darya Zhidova served as a flight engineer. The crew commander was
pilot-cosmonaut Evgeny Tarelkin. The team also had a doctor and three
researchers. Two of the six participants of the experiment – are the Americans,
representatives of NASA, the rest – are the Russians.
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TSU graduate Daria Zhidova. Work with the equipment
"Only two person (went out to the Moon) – the
crew commander and one of the American researchers. The exit was using VR
glasses and suits imitating space suits. That is, they saw the surrounding
space repeating the real lunar landscapes. In fact, it’s just the surface, but
with stones, a bridge and a rover, and all this can be touched", – Zhidova
is quoted in the message.
Previously federal media reported that in the process
of "flight" it was planned about 80 experiments. In particular, in
front of the crew was simulated a situation in which they had to unload the
arrived cargo ship for two days without a break in sleep. To accurately track
the crew’s stress during the flight, the spacecraft was equipped with special
remote surveillance cameras and biomarkers to control the crew’s emotions and
facial expressions.
"We studied how the human body reacts to a long
stay in isolation and without the possibility of emotional relief. These were
both medical, psychological and technical experiments", – the TSU graduate
said.
"We studied how the human body reacts to long
stay in conditions of isolation and without a possibility of emotional
unloading. It were both medical, and psychological experiments, and
technical", – the graduate of TGU told.
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"Space food" in tubes
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Daria Zhidova in her cabin on the "Sirius" module
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"Space lunch". Daria Zhidova (left) with colleagues