MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. A representative from Belarus may join the crew of the annual isolation experiment SIRIUS-23, to be held in Moscow at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMBP RAS, part of the Pavlov Center) in 2023-2024, the institute’s press-service said on Thursday.
A meeting of IBMP officials with a delegation from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus took place at the IBMP. "There was an exchange of views on the participation of a representative from Belarus' National Academy of Sciences in the crew of the 12-month-long isolation experiment SIRIUS-23," the press service said.
The parties agreed to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of space biology and medicine, including joint research at the IBMP facilities.
SIRIUS isolation experiment
The SIRIUS project (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) is carried out jointly by the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the NASA Human Research Program with the participation of space agencies of Russia, Germany and Canada, as well as specialists from Russia, the US, Germany, France, Italy and other countries. The SIRIUS project provides for a whole series of isolation experiments. The first one took place in November 2017, when the crew spent 17 days in isolation. The isolation lasted for four months in 2018-2019. It is planned to conduct three annual experiments until 2028.