Return from the ISS crew worked for international flight to the Moon – BBC News

to Earth with the ISS on December 11 returned Russian Oleg Kononenko, American Chell Lindgren and Japanese Yui Kimia. They spent orbiting for almost five months. Now they have to undergo rehabilitation, but also to talk about the results of numerous studies.

This is – aerobatics, without exaggeration, the most exciting in the world. Four o’clock. Place of departure – ISS, landing place – the planet Earth.

The crew of ISS-44/45 back home. In orbit, they were in July. During this time, much has been done. Oleg Kononenko, for example, an experiment unique in the world of robot control with the ISS. This technology will be used by Russian scientists in the exploration of the Moon.

For the experiments the astronauts watched by millions of people on Earth. This expedition first tried to eat in weightlessness grown in greenhouses salad. And to track changes in beverages, including intoxicating. This was done by Japanese astronaut Kimia Yui, but did not disclose details. Today provisions – one of the main cargo to the ISS.

In weightlessness, they did not just experience, but also repairing his star house – I was special equipment, looking for damage. Unwelcome neighbor remains a comic trash. It often affects the land.

During the return process should not only journalists, but also relatives. Babies Oleg Kononenko allowed to come up with their classmates.

When your father – astronaut gifts after a long trip for children is understandable. For example, photos from space camera – pictures of Venus, the Sun, or in your home.

“Brought photos, Venus against the sun took place – says the son of Oleg Kononenko. – It’s a flyspeck was little”.

They dream to become in the future, be sure to astronauts, despite the complexity and overload.

“At the time of automatic controlled descent, which we are now going on overload 4-5 units. If it is a ballistic descent, then about eight units and above. What is one unit? This is your weight, which puts pressure on you. The two units – two of your weight, four – multiply your weight by four, respectively, “- says Elena Serova.

The next expedition to the ISS will go already 15 December 2015. Her new tasks. And returning the crew to go home for rehabilitation.

In the hall, which today held a briefing for journalists on the table could see the flags of the three countries, which represent the astronauts. Clearly, all the flags – one bracket. Indeed, in weightlessness – still, no policy.

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