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Two ISS Russian cosmonauts begin preps for landing
MOSCOW, February 23 (Itar-Tass) - Two Russian cosmonauts -- Alexander
Kalery and Oleg Skripochka -- from among the crew of the International
Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday begin to prepare for return to Earth in March.
Valery Lyndin, spokesman of the Flight Control Center (FCC) outside
Moscow, has told Itar-Tass, "Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery, Oleg
Skripochka, and Dmitry Kondratyev and their crewmates -- NASA astronauts Scott Kelly, Catherine Coleman, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli -- have already celebrated their holidays: America's Thanksgiving Day, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christmas, and the advent of the new year".
Workschedule does not envisage intensive work aboard the ISS for
Wednesday: the crew are advised to have a rest ahead of elaborate
operations to ensure docking with the second European resupply spaceship of the ATV series, Johann Kepler, which is to moor at the orbital complex on February 24.
Kalery and Skripochka, who together with ISS-26 mission commander
Kelly, will set out on a return journey on March 16, begin to prepare for an encounter with terrestrial gravitation. On Wednesday they hold the first training session in the special facility called Chibis (pewit) which helps achieve terrestrial gravitation effect by developing a negative pressure on the lower part of the body.
The Russian cosmonauts "stand" in the airtight facility for 20 minutes
four times a day on the three-week concluding phase of the flight and on the last two days before descent to Earth, the "artificial gravitation" session is extended up to 55 minutes.
Medics continuously monitor the cosmonauts' pulsebeat and arterial
pressure. Apart from Chibis training sessions, two weeks prior to return home, the cosmonauts begin to take special food additives, and drink salt solutions directly on the day of descent to prevent dehydration of the organism during landing. Russsian preventive measures enable the cosmonauts to return to Earth in normal physical condition and readapt quickly to terrestrial gravitation, FCC officials emphasize.
While Kalery and Skripochka will be busy promoting their health,
Kondratyev will engage in the technical servicing of the ISS life-support systems.
During the rest of leisure hours, the crewmembers, remembering the
Fatherland Defenders Day, will be able to watch some patriotic film from the onboard extensive video library or listen to favourite music.
Kalery and Oleg Skripochka -- from among the crew of the International
Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday begin to prepare for return to Earth in March.
Valery Lyndin, spokesman of the Flight Control Center (FCC) outside
Moscow, has told Itar-Tass, "Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kalery, Oleg
Skripochka, and Dmitry Kondratyev and their crewmates -- NASA astronauts Scott Kelly, Catherine Coleman, and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli -- have already celebrated their holidays: America's Thanksgiving Day, Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christmas, and the advent of the new year".
Workschedule does not envisage intensive work aboard the ISS for
Wednesday: the crew are advised to have a rest ahead of elaborate
operations to ensure docking with the second European resupply spaceship of the ATV series, Johann Kepler, which is to moor at the orbital complex on February 24.
Kalery and Skripochka, who together with ISS-26 mission commander
Kelly, will set out on a return journey on March 16, begin to prepare for an encounter with terrestrial gravitation. On Wednesday they hold the first training session in the special facility called Chibis (pewit) which helps achieve terrestrial gravitation effect by developing a negative pressure on the lower part of the body.
The Russian cosmonauts "stand" in the airtight facility for 20 minutes
four times a day on the three-week concluding phase of the flight and on the last two days before descent to Earth, the "artificial gravitation" session is extended up to 55 minutes.
Medics continuously monitor the cosmonauts' pulsebeat and arterial
pressure. Apart from Chibis training sessions, two weeks prior to return home, the cosmonauts begin to take special food additives, and drink salt solutions directly on the day of descent to prevent dehydration of the organism during landing. Russsian preventive measures enable the cosmonauts to return to Earth in normal physical condition and readapt quickly to terrestrial gravitation, FCC officials emphasize.
While Kalery and Skripochka will be busy promoting their health,
Kondratyev will engage in the technical servicing of the ISS life-support systems.
During the rest of leisure hours, the crewmembers, remembering the
Fatherland Defenders Day, will be able to watch some patriotic film from the onboard extensive video library or listen to favourite music.
