News Russian women preparing for mock-up moon mission

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Russia to Conduct Series of Simulated Flights to Moon, Mars in 2016-2020

06.08.2015

Russia will conduct a series of international experiments with simulated flights to the Moon, Mars and other planets between 2016 and 2020, the first deputy head of the Institute of Biomedical Problems told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

Oleg Orlov said that the new experiments would include a mixture of sexes for the crews, as opposed to the previous Mars-500 and Luna-2015 simulations.

“After the Luna-2015 program with a crew of six female volunteers ends in 2015, we plan to begin a whole series of projects on simulated space flights between 14 days and 12 months with volunteers from Russia, the United States, Europe, and Japan,” Oleg Orlov said.

According to the institute’s plans, two 14-day experiments will be conducted in 2016-2017, as well as a 4-month simulated flight in 2017. An 8-month experiment will be held in 2018, and in 2019-2020, there will be a 12-month experimental simulated flight.

“The IBMP’s Earth module that was used earlier in the Mars-500 project will be reequipped with a new block of virtual reality with more capabilities. Moreover, a separate segment in the module will be designated for the creation of a housing with a lowered magnetic field that is particularly important for simulating the conditions of space flights,” Orlov said.

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Eight days aboard capsule as space flight experiment takes all-female flyers 'to the Moon'

October 28, 16:19

It's the latest in a lengthy series of tests carried out by Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems

Six women aged from 22 to 34 embarked on a simulated flight to the Moon on Wednesday in a ground-based experiment conceived and monitored by Russia's Institute of Biomedical Problems.

Their eight-day unpaid Moon 2015 mission confronts them with 30 experiments aboard a mock-up environment of six cabins, kitchen, bathroom and gym akin to life on the International Space Station ISS.

It's the latest in a lengthy series of tests carried out by institute specialists studying the effects on human physiology and emotions during life among the stars. The first mission, launched in 1967, replicated 12 months on a spacecraft.

Life-support systems will sustain the crew as a list of journey tasks mounts a search for a missing moon rover and charts the progress of life-science experiments.

Showers and make-up have been left behind outside the sealed capsule, explained uniformed crew members Tatiana Shiguyeva and Darya Komissarova before departure, noting an unfamiliar hygiene regime ahead for them but which is now commonplace for flyers aboard the ISS orbiter.

So, too, is male company left behind, they add, assessing busy workdays ahead and leisure hours constrained for the time being to reading, games to play and films to watch.

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