MOSCOW, November 15. /TASS/. Abnormal situations that have occurred aboard the International Space Station (ISS) over the past few years will be partially simulated during the SIRIUS-23 365-day isolation experiment, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems within the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Orlov told TASS on Wednesday.
The experiment that involves six volunteers kicked off on the premises of the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow on November 14.
"The experiment will partially simulate the experience of abnormal situations aboard the ISS, in particular, the recent emergencies. Their experience will undoubtedly be taken into account in the course of the project," he said.
Psychologists will take an active part in devising emergency scenarios that will be simulated during the experiment, Orlov said.
"This is because psychologists understand what response to particular questions they want to get, what efforts need to be taken to bring an individual out of his habitual state and what this reaction can be compared with, and also how a person reacts to such situations, how a team is formed and how it interacts with the Flight Control Center in the process," the head of the Institute of Biomedical Problems said.
The SIRIUS-23 project will simulate a flight beyond low near-Earth orbit, including scientific and operational activity and work with complex technical systems. The project will embrace 52 researches under the scientific program and 15 investigations under the operational and technical program.
The SIRIUS project envisages a series of isolation experiments. The first such experiment took place in November 2017 when an experimental crew spent 17 days in isolation. Before 2028, there are plans to conduct three year-long experiments to simulate deep space flights.