USED SCIENCE HARDWARE:

• Vsplesk unit

SUPPORT ITEMS:

• Internal cable set
• Cable holder
• Vsplesk cable kit
• Platform with locks

PURPOSE:

Study of processes binding seismic processes and phenomena in the earth’s crust, magnetosphere, ionosphere and Van Allen belt, and physical nature of seismic effects in near-earth space, as well assessment of possible prediction of earthquakes by bursts of high-energy charged particles in near-earth space.

OBJECTIVES:

• Installing Vsplesk hardware inside the station and external to the pressurized module during EVA
• Recording bursts of high-energy particles in near-earth space.

EXPECTED RESULTS:

Investigation of physical processes in near-earth space using Vsplesk hardware will allow not only understand the nature of seismomagnetospheric phenomena, but also advance in solution of real-world problems in developing prediction methods for earthquakes by space systems.

EXPERIMENT RESULTS:

Scientific data bank generated as a result of recording bursts of high-energy charged particles and measuring their spatial, time and energy characteristics.