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Operations and experiments on the International Space Station September 28 2011. / September 28, 2011 /

Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut September 28 Sergei Volkov, flight engineer of ISS to do inspection and cleaning laptop RS1, RS2, RS3, to charge the battery of scientific instruments to experiment with «Hurricane» and perform required maintenance life-support system (coolant).

Among the scientific experiments planned for the ISS RS, a Russian cosmonaut will perform:

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»).

The experiments on space biotechnology:
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»);
determine the effect of exposure to conditions of orbital flight on the growth, genetic and physiological characteristics of the producer strain lactol («lactol»);
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»);
study of the effects of space flight on bacteriophages («bacteriophage»);
to study the effect of microgravity on the solubility of calcium phosphates in the water («Calcium»).

Biomedical research:
study of growth and development of higher plants, as well as the development of the technology of their cultivation in microgravity («Plants-2»);
applied to the problem of ecological safety of space technology and planetary quarantine («Biorisk»).

Experiments on geophysics and exploration of near 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»).

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

Experiments on Remote Sensing of the Earth:
study of the characteristics of the underlying surface, ocean and atmosphere («microwave radiometry»).

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

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