|
 On
28 January 2005 the russian Federal Space Agency, S.P. Korolev
Rocket and Space Corporation Energia and European Space
Agency (ESA) concluded a Contract for a mission of the Italian
Astronaut, Roberto Vittori, member of the European astronaut
corps as Soyuz TMA-6 Flight Engineer and the visiting crew
VC-8 (April 2005, ISS-10, ISS-11) to the International Space
Station and performance of ENEIDE ISM (ESA) Project science
research and experiments.
The ENEIDE ISM Project intends to implement 91 sessions
for 23 experiments in the following areas:
Allocation of Experiments and Number
of Sessions by Research Areas
| Research Area |
Experiment Name |
Totally |
Number of Sessions |
|
Life Science Research
|
CRISP-2,
BEANS,
SEEDLINGS,
FRTL-5,
MICROSPACE,
VINO,
HPA*,
NGF,
VSV,
ETD-I,
FTS,
MOP-I,
HBM,
GOAL |
14
|
40
|
| Technological
Research |
ENEIDE,
LAZIO,
EST,
E-NOSE,
SPQR,
ASIA
|
6
|
44
|
| Educational
Projects |
BOP,
ESD,
ARISS-4 |
3
|
7
|
|
Total:
|
23
|
91
|
ENEIDE ISM Project Experimentss
| Life Science |
| CRISP-2 |
Study of microgravity effects on the proliferation
of neurons for animals (crickets) |
BEANS*
(AGROSPACE
Project) |
Beans
germination in space |
SEEDLINGS*
(AGROSPACE
Project) |
Production
of vegetable sprouts in microgravity |
| FRTL-5 |
Utilization
of FRTL5 cells as a biological system to measure radiation
and microgravity effects |
| MICROSPACE |
Study
of lyophilized cultures and spores in order to evaluate
cell viability and integrity in space |
| VINO |
Test
of survival and the following growth of tendril grafts
from vines coming from the Sassicaia estate in near-earth
orbit |
| HPA |
Research
on the performances of the human upper limb in weightlessness |
| NGF |
Investigation
of the role of neurotrophins and specifically of NGF
in the physiopathological manifestation of stress and
in pathologies associated to nervous and immune system
disregulations |
| VSV |
Studies
on the subjective vertical behaviour under exposure
to microgravity |
| ETD-I |
Evaluation
of the orientation of Listing's plane under different
gravity conditions and to examine the unilateral otolith-ocular
response elicited by radial acceleration during post-flight
re-adaptation |
| FTS |
Tasting
of food products from Lazio region (Italy) in space |
| MOP-I |
Vestibular
adaptation to a change of gravity |
| HBM |
Demonstration
of functionality of sensors of a new generation by
using which an ‘intelligent’ clothing for astronauts,
capable of checking their life functions will be developed |
| GOAL |
Demonstration
of peculiar cuts of cloths of new fibers and fabrics
for astronauts. Filling the questionnaire |
| Technology
|
| ENEIDE |
Acquisition of Flight Navigation data for GPS during
a free flight phase of the Soyuz TMA including its
mated flight as part of the ISS |
| LAZIO |
Measurements
involving cosmic ray in space, their relation to anomalous
phosphene (Light Flash) perception by astronauts, the
effect of different shielding materials to reducing
the radiation environment and characterization of the
magnetic environment inside the ISS |
| EST |
Verification
of the functioning of particular electronic equipment
in the space environment |
| E-NOSE |
Demonstration
of the technology of the electronic nose that detects
odours |
| SPQR |
Study
of specular point-like quick reference and ISS image |
| ASIA |
Evaluation
of radiation sensitivity of the electronic board after
exposure to microgravity conditions |
| Educational
program |
| BOP |
Study of molecular mechanisms regulating human osteoblast
biology in microgravity conditions |
| ESD |
Acquisition
of footage for educational purposes, which demonstrates
the electrostatic self-assembly of 3D macroscopic “crystals”
and molecular structures |
| ARISS-4 |
Performance
of amateur radio sessions from the ISS with schoolchildren
and students on the ground to increase their interest
in space, science and investigations |
* BEANS and SEEDLINGS experiments will be performed in
the frame of AGROSPACE Project by a common timeline.
Along with 23 scientific experiments for ENEIDE ISM (ESA)
Project to be performed on the Russian Segment of the ISS,
the VC-8 program also foresees implementation of Public
Relations and Symbolic activities.
In view of an insufficient
duration of LVLH attitude during the visiting crew mission
SPQR experiment starts before the beginning of VC-8.
MICROSPACE experiment starts from the delivery of the hardware
to the ISS RS by Progress M-52 vehicle until the beginning
of VC-8 mission.
Four experiments NGF, MOP-I, ENEIDE and EST start in the
orbital phase of Soyuz TMA-6 mission and continue on the
ISS.
HPA experiment will be conducted on the ISS U.S. On-Orbit
Segment using the ISS USOS capabilities.
Nine experiments under ENEDE ISM Project will be conducted
by VC-8 Flight Engineer Roberto Vittori on his own without
assistance of the Russian cosmonauts. Fourteen experiments
are conducted with assistance of ISS-11 Crew Commander
S.K. Krikalev and Flight Engineer S.Sh. Sharipov.
ENEIDE ISM Project experiments will use the hardware to
be uploaded for this project, as well as hardware already
available onboard the ISS RS (left after completion of
Marco Polo (in LAZIO experiment), BTF Odissea (in FRTL-5,
BOP experiments) and DELTA DSM (in CRISP-2, ETD-I experiments).
For implementation of the research program the following
resources are required:
| CARGO FLOW |
|
Ascent to the ISS RS
- by Progress M-52
- by Soyuz TMA-6
TOTAL
|
37.22 kg
31.10 kg
64.99 kg |
|
Return of materials with SE results:
by Soyuz TMA-5
|
|
| POWER CONSUMPTION |
| Daily average |
up to 100 W
|
| CREW TIME |
| VC-8 Flight Engineer (Roberto
Vittori) |
39 h 00 min
|
| ISS-11 Commander (S.K.
Krikalev) |
6 h 50 min
|
| ISS-10 Flight Engineer (S.
Sharipov) |
3 h 40 min
|
| TOTAL |
49 h 30 min
|
Upon completion of the ENEIDA ISM Project activities
it is planned to hand over the results of 16 experiments
to the principal investigators, covering:
| · Experimental program |
- |
14 items |
|
| of which early retrieval
items |
- |
9 items |
|
| · Symbolic activity activity |
- |
2 items |
|
The visiting crew VC-8 mission is scheduled from April
15 to April 25, 2005. The duration of the mated flight
as part of the Russian Segment of ISS is 8 days.
VC-8 Flight Engineer-1 Roberto Vittori (Italy) will be
delivered to the ISS RS by transport manned spacecraft
Soyuz TMA-6 and returned in the descent capsule of transport
manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-5 together with the ISS-10
increment crew consisting of American astronaut Leroy Chiao
and Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov.
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