USED SCIENCE HARDWARE:

• Instrument Rubinar 40x110 including
  binocular telescope with digital video camera Sony DCR-TRV9E

CONSUMABLES:

• Mini-DV video tapes
• Flash cards
• Floppies
• CD-disks

USED FLIGHT HARDWARE:

• Digital still camera Nikon D1 (with lens of F=800mm)
• Laptop

PURPOSE:

Determine possibilities to obtain on-line documented information during crew visual-instrument observations by using hand optical devices in a long-duration space flight from the Russian Segment of the International Space Station to assess ecological effects of the industrial activities on the territory of the RF and foreign countries.

OBJECTIVES:

• Collection of historical video imagery data to assess ecological effects of human industrial activity on the territory of the RF and foreign countries.
• Acquisition of on-line information in the course of visual and instrument-aided observation by using hand optical devices.

EXPERIMENT RESULTS:

• Mini-DV video tapes with a video imagery of experiment objects and voice data.
• Flash cards with photo imagery of the observed objects.
• 3.5" floppies with a list of the observed areas.