Operations and experiments on the International Space Station October 12 2011

Among the scientific experiments planned for the ISS RS, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov will do:

Investigation of the physical conditions in space orbiting the Earth:
study the dynamics of the radiation environment on the flight path and in ISS compartments, and dose accumulation in the anthropomorphic phantom, placed inside the station («Matryoshka-R»).

Biomedical research:
study the influence of space factors on the state of the systems «micro-organisms — substrates» as applied to the problem of ecological safety of space technology and planetary quarantine («Biorisk»);
study of growth and development of higher plants, as well as the development of the technology of their cultivation in microgravity («Plants-2»);
investigation of the physiological functions of the body-contact method during sleep during long-duration space flight («Sonokard»).

Space biotechnology:
determine the effect of exposure to conditions of orbital flight on the growth, genetic and physiological characteristics of the producer strain lactol («lactol»);
study of the correlation between the change in genetic properties, the productivity of recombinant strains in microgravity and the effects on them of heavy charged cosmic ray particles («Biotrack»);
study of the effects of space flight on bacteriophages («bacteriophage»);
to study the characteristics of a cell culture of ginseng and other crops in order to identify opportunities to increase their biological activity («Ginseng-2»);
to study the effect of microgravity on the solubility of calcium phosphates in the water («Calcium»).

Geophysics and near-Earth space:
study of atmospheric gamma bursts and optical radiation in terms of thunderstorm activity («Lightning-Gamma»);
Monitoring seismic effects — bursts of high energy particles in near-Earth space («Splash»).

Remote sensing:
study of the characteristics of the underlying surface, ocean and atmosphere («microwave radiometry»);
Experimental studies on the possibility of using the Russian segment of International Space Station in areas of ecological survey of the various objects («Econ»).

Technical research and experiments:
testing of equipment and demonstration of Russian technology round-trip information Space laser line («SLS» — stand-by mode).

Education and promotion of space research:
study of the dynamics of systems of charged dust grains in the magnetic field in microgravity («Coulomb crystal»).

The ISS crew continues to work the 29th long-term expedition composed of the commander Michael Fossum (NASA), flight engineers Sergei Volkov (Roscosmos) and Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA).

ISS attitude control mode by gyrodines American segment of the station.

Press-service of Russian Federal Space Agency and the PMU

Source: www.roscosmos.ru