Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Russia and the U.S. may announce new projects on the ISS, write media – RIA Novosti

 International Space Station

MOSCOW, June 4 – RIA Novosti. Russia and the U.S. may announce new joint projects in the field of space biology and medicine at the International Space Station (ISS), wrote in Wednesday’s “Izvestia” with reference to the deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of RAS Oleg Orlov.

“Roscosmos set the task to intensify performed on the ISS science program. Specifically, we discuss with our American partners the opportunity consolidation of resources of the Russian segment of the ISS and the U.S. to do the research joint. Scientists could use the technical possibilities available on board with us, and partners. You can talk about how to engage more actively in the scientific program of the crew “- quoted as saying Orlov. Previously, NASA has suspended cooperation with Russia because of disagreement between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine, but made an exception for those projects in which the Americans are interested in particular for the ISS. Shortly thereafter Rogozin on Twitter suggested Americans “to take its astronauts to the ISS using the trampoline.” According to Orlov, the Russian-American group on space biology and medicine for more than forty years and she did not stop working even “the most intense moments of the Cold War “.

” In April this year after the announcement of sanctions by the NASA under a joint working group on space biology and medicine, we have discussed the issues with our American partners the joint organization of experiments: their status, what is considered a joint experiment, as regulate the sharing of time crews and so on. Simultaneously work colleagues who are engaged in biology, and the group responsible for the medical and physiological studies, they discuss the possibilities of cooperation in the process of planned annual flight astronaut on the ISS, “- said Orlov.

It clarifies Orlov, among the discussed projects – Experiments on the new U.S. module adapted for keeping animals.

International Space Station. Infographics

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