Scientific loss of astronauts due to the loss of “Progress”: the suit, kefir, greenhouse – Moskovsky Komsomolets

Space nerds “MK”, “Now uncertain when we will be able to grow on the orbit of our vegetable”

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the Full list of goods, equipment and products which lost the Russian crew of the ISS in the fall of the cargo ship “Progress MS-04″ on the territory of Tuva, learned “MK”. Among the 2.5 tons of various cargo, including scientific equipment, fuel to refuel the ISS, water, food, air and personal care products for astronauts in orbit, flew the Christmas sweets and delicacies.

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Products

As it became known “MK” in the main laying food on the truck was 7 kg of apples, oranges 3.5 kg, 4.5 kg grapefruit and two types of ketchup and hot sauce. For new year’s table, the relatives of the cosmonauts Andrei Borisenko, Sergei Ryzhikov and Oleg Novitsky has prepared several types of jam (strawberry, apricot and cherry), nuts, halva, honey, chocolate bars, chocolate bars, muesli bars and candy “Bruin Bear”. In the festive styling was also dried fruits: dried apricots, dates and figs. But at the station there is an additional set of products that are pre-ordered for myself cosmonauts: canned fish, trout, salmon, walleye, cranberries, cottage cheese, oatmeal, jelly and cookies.

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Drinks

as for drinks for the New year, with them problems should not arise, even though the basic building blocks of food did not reach to the destination. According to the specialists, those stocks that are now on Board the ISS, should be sufficient until the arrival of the next cargo “Progress”, the launch of which is scheduled for February 2017. In the main menu the astronauts have a stockpile of juices, tea and coffee.

Clothing

in addition to festive food in the “Progress” flew extra sets of clothes for Nowicki, Ryzhikov and Borisenko. The fact that new clothes were waiting to Board in October. Now, it seems, the astronauts will have to use the unused overalls and underwear sets left from the previous crew members.

Seeds

most of all we feel sorry for our greenhouse “Lada-2″, — told the “MK” scientific Secretary of the Institute of biomedical problems of RAS Margarita Levinskikh. — We created, prepared to fly for 5 years, was really hoping to grow our new space vegetable — sweet pepper variety “Triton”. Its seeds were also in a special laying on the “Progress”.

According to Lewinsky, the new Russian Conservatory in contrast to the old and the one in the us segment was fully automatic, “the last word in space greenhouse”. Control unit it was built-in, allowing you to save space in the living compartment, and the lamps were led, and besides, the system allowed you to vary the lighting spectrum, individually selecting various lighting solutions depending on the plant species. At the Institute, of course, there is an alternate “Lada-2″, but will have time to prepare to run a backup of “Progress” that promised to start as early as possible, is unknown.

Inventory

Eugene Yarmanova, Deputy chief designer, responsible for the supply, excluding glasshouses also provided a canvas for the treadmills, which flew on the ISS to replace the old (expired warranty period), and a new spacesuit “Orlan-ISS”.

“Orlan-ISS”.

It is the brainchild of NPP “Star” was delivered in single copy, for testing in space. “Orlan-ISS” is essentially a miniature spaceship with the first integrated system for automatic temperature control. From the former “Orlan-MK” is it different to the large size of the display on the remote control, additional protective layers, which can save even against micrometeorites.

laboratory equipment

the station also flew and flew and device components for preparing the first medical-preventive space of yogurt of probiotics — bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. Our cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko was preparing to become the first producers of lactic acid beverage in orbit, but, alas, now the mission will go to their colleagues who will fly later. By the way, wonder many thought that astronauts would be the first to taste the resulting beverage right at the station — it’s a science experiment had been made. After preparation of yogurt under the name “Probiotic” it had to define a cooling chamber and safely return to Earth.

But a device for regeneration of water from urine, as suggested by scientists Niihimmash, where it was developed, was to stay and work at the station. Unlike the past, processing up to 80% of urine, it was able to process up to 90% of astronauts urine into clean water (for comparison, the American system is now able to recycle into the water only 70 percent of astronaut urine). Alas, it all burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere in the fall of “Progress” on December 1.