Monday, March 30, 2015

Astronauts will stay on the ISS year. Researchers will examine how to … – News 24

Nearly a year to spend on board the International Space Station American Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail Kornienko. The astronauts arrived at the ISS on Saturday. The ship Soyuz TMA-16M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

 Astronaut Scott Kelly. / Photo. NASA 342 days in orbit American will spend around Earth, Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail Kornienko. The aim of the mission is to study the long-term behavior of the human body staying in weightlessness. With Kelly and Koronienką arrived at the ISS on Saturday Gennady Padalka, who will stay on the International Space Station a half years – NASA reported.

The experiment has a very interesting second goal. During his stay on the ISS American NASA scientists will monitor the health of his twin brother, Mark Kelly. It will be subjected to the same tests as its relative orbit. They want to investigate how organisms respond twins in terms of earthly and space and combine observations.



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study the long-term stay in zero gravity will serve scientists to determine whether there are ways to minimize the health risks associated with this type of space missions.

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