|
 On
April 18, 2001, an Agreement was signed between Russian
Aviation and Space Agency, French national center for space
research (CNES) and S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation
Energia to launch a French cosmonaut Claudie Haignere (Andre-Deshaus),
a member of European astronauts corps to the Russian Segment
(RS) of ISS as a flight engineer within the second visiting
crew (October - November, 2001,
ISS-3).
During her stay on-board ISS RS, Claudie Haignere will
carry out the French science and engineering research program
"Andromeda", which is a constituent part of the
"Program for implementation of scientific and application
research planned for the third manned expedition ISS-3".
CNES is a customer for preparing and carrying out the program
of scientific and engineering experiments during the French
cosmonaut mission to ISS RS.
In the course of "Andromeda" program, there
are plans to implement 33 sessions under 10 experiments,
which include:
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-12 sessions; |
- medical and biological research
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-14 sessions; |
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-2 sessions; |
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-5 sessions. |
To implement the program, 26 equipment items will be used,
out of these, 21 items were supplied by the French side
and 5 items were supplied by the Russian side.
As a result of the program implementation, it is expected
that the experimenters will be provided with 58 items of
materials containing the experiments results with a total
mass of 13.4 kg.
The following resources are needed to perform the "Andromeda"
program:
| LOGISTICS |
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Delivery to ISS RS on-board:
- Progress M-45 logistics vehicle
- Progress M-CO1 logistics vehicle/module
- Soyuz TM-33 transportation vehicle
TOTAL
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2.4 kg
47.0 kg
15.5 kg
64.9 kg
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| Return to Earth of materials
with results of experiments in the descent vehicle of
Soyuz TM-32 |
13.4 kg
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| POWER REQUIREMENTS |
| Continuous |
40 W
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| Maximum in a session |
up to 180 W
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| CREW TIME |
| Flight engineer of Visiting
Crew 2 (French cosmonaut) |
23 h 45 min
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| Commander of Visiting Crew
2 |
7 h 30 min
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| Flight engineer of ISS-3 |
6 h 15 min
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Most of the research program is performed by the flight
engineer - French cosmonaut of Visiting Crew 2. Medical
experiments ("Cardioscience", "Cogni")
are performed by two members of Visiting Crew 2 (commander
and flight engineer - French cosmonaut), while geophysical
experiments ("Immedias", "LSO") are
performed by flight engineer of ISS-3 and flight engineer
- French cosmonaut.
"ANDROMEDA" EXPERIMENTS BY AREAS
OF RESEARCH
"Andromeda" program envisages implementation
of 10 experiments under the following areas of research:
| Geophysics
research |
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"Immedias" |
Obtaining digital and photographic film images of cloud
formations, areas of natural and man-made atmospheric
pollution and areas with bad environmental situation. |
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"LSO" |
A study of optical radiation emissions in the Earth's
atmosphere and ionosphere related to thunderstorm activity
and seismological processes. |
| Medical and
biological research |
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"Cardioscience" |
Research of human cardiovascular system under zero gravity. |
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"Cogni" |
Research of human neurosensory system under zero gravity. |
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"EAC" |
The use of new computer technologies to improve the
psychological condition of a cosmonaut under a long
duration space mission. |
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"Aquarius" |
A study of effects of exposure to microgravity on the
growth and development of biological objects. |
| Biotechnology
research |
| "GCF" |
Protein crystallization. |
| Engineering
research |
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SPICA-S |
Research into effects of space environment on the radiation
resistance of electronic components. |
| "F/PKE" |
Research into plasma-dust cristals and liquids in microgravity.
The experiment is conducted as the French part of the
experimental research program "Plasma crystal -
3". |
| "Mirsupio" |
Development of support equipment to improve the quality
of cosmonaut's stay in space on a long-duration mission. |
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