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The experiment started today Director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Orlov said that the complex with an artificial habitat, on the basis of which the international annual isolation experiment SIRIUS-23 will take place, has no analogues in the world. “Isolation research makes it possible to solve a whole range of problems on the earthly plane, for example, in the field of extreme physiology. The complex was created according to the idea of ​​​​Sergei Pavlovich Korolev as a model of a heavy interplanetary ship. It has no analogues in the world and has always attracted the attention of foreign colleagues,” Orlov said. The complex for the SIRIUS-23 experiment has no analogues in the world. [caption id="attachment_82533" align="aligncenter" width="780"] SIRIUS-23[/caption] The complex was designed and built in 1964–1970 and put into operation in 1971. The new experiment will form the basis for future interplanetary flights. “Isolation research is a model that has long been regularly used to solve problems in manned space exploration. It was thanks to them that the astronauts’ stay on the International Space Station was practiced. Now the epicenter of research is devoted to upcoming interplanetary flights,” Orlov added. As we have already reported , today the annual isolation experiment SIRIUS-23 launched, reproducing the main characteristics of the interplanetary expedition.

Their experience will be taken into account during the project According to the director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Orlov, emergency situations that occurred on the International Space Station (ISS) over the past years will be simulated during the SIRIUS-23 experiment. Let us remind you that the annual isolation experiment SIRIUS-23 started yesterday, November 14. Its task is to simulate the conditions of a long-term manned space flight; 6 volunteers take part in it. Within the framework of the project, 52 studies will be conducted in the scientific program and 15 studies in the operational and technical program. [caption id="attachment_82481" align="aligncenter" width="780"] SIRIUS-23 experiment[/caption] Emergency situations with the ISS will be simulated in the SIRIUS-23 experiment According to Orlov, the experiment will partly simulate the experience of emergency situations on the ISS, including recent ones. This experience will be taken into account during the project. Psychologists will take part in drawing up scenarios for emergency situations that will be simulated during the experiment, since they understand “the answers to what questions they want to get.” As Oleg Orlov noted, it is important to study how a person reacts to such situations, how a team is formed and how it interacts with the Mission Control Center.