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 On October 18 2005 a contract was concluded between the Federal Space Agency and the Brazilian Space Agency (BSA) to perform a flight of Brazilian astronaut Markos Caesar Pontes as a space flight participant of the visiting crew VC-10 (March 2006, phase ISS-12, -13) to the International Space station and implementation of the research program under the BSM "CENTENARIO" project (BSA).
The BSM "CENTENARIO" project envisages implementation of 31 sessions of 8 experiments
each in the following areas:
Distribution of experiments and number of sessions in the research areas.
| Area of research |
Name of Experiment |
Total |
Number of sessions |
| Biomedical
research |
GOSUM
|
1 |
4 |
| Biotechnology
research |
DNARM,
SMEK,
NIP |
3 |
1+3+8 |
| Engineering
research |
CEMEX,
WMHP
|
2 |
5+4 |
| Educational
projects |
SEEDS,
CHROPHYL
|
2 |
4+2 |
|
TOTAL: |
8 |
31 |
Experiments under the BSM "CENTENARIO" project
| Biomedical
research |
| GOSUM |
Germination
of plant seeds in the microgravity conditions |
| Biotechnology
research |
| DNARM |
Reparation
of DNA in the microgravity conditions |
| SMEK |
Study
of microgravity effects on enzyme kinetics |
| NIP |
Accumulations
of interacting proteins |
| Engineering
research |
| CEMEX |
Tests
of capillary evaporator in the microgravity conditions |
| WMHP |
Miniature
wire heat pipes |
| Educational
projects |
| SEEDS
|
Brazilian
seeds Phaseolus vulgaris |
| CHROPHYL
|
Chlorophyll
chromatography |
Along with implementation of eight scientific experiments
under the BSM "CENTENARIO" project (BSA) on
the Russian segment, the VC-10 program envisages implementation
of activities on information of the world community and
symbolic manipulation (PR & Symbolic).
All the experiments are mainly performed by the VC-10 space flight participant
(Brazilian astronaut). However, in two experiments "GOSUM" and "SEEDS" ISS-12
flight-engineer Valery Tokarev will render assistance during photography.
All experiments under the BSM "CENTENARIO" project are performed on
the ISS Russian segment.
When implementing activities under the BSM "CENTENARIO" project, both
the hardware to be delivered under this project and onboard equipment of the
ISS RS is used.
After implementation of experiments and activities under
the BSM "CENTENARIO" project the results in the
amount of 6 names are to be transferred to the suppliers,
among which:
| ·On research program |
- |
4 names |
|
| among which time cargoes |
- |
4 names |
|
| ·On PR & Symbolic |
- |
2 names |
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The VC-10 flight is scheduled at a period from March 30
to April 9 2006. The total flight duration will be 10 days,
in this case the joint flight phase (within the ISS RS)
will be 8 days.
Space flight participant (VC-10 SFP) Markos Caesar Pontes (Brazil)
is to be delivered to the ISS RS by the Soyuz TMA-8 transport
manned vehicle jointly with the ISS-13 crew and to be returned
in the Soyuz TMA-7 descent vehicle together with the ISS-12
crew – USA astronaut William McArthur and Russian cosmonaut
Valery Tokarev. |
