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ODISSEA Mission

An Overview

• Training

• TMA

• Space Station

• Experiments

• The Future

• Training– Soyuz

– TM and TMA– Operational Training

– Survival– Sport

• ISS Training– GCTC– Houston

• Language Training

• Scientific Training– GCTC– Houston– Estec– Brussel

• Other Activities– Medical Examinations– Centrifuge– Barochamber– BDC

Soyuz TMA

• Positive– More leg room– More information

available for the crew– Easier nominal operations

• Negative– Commanding more complicated– Inadvertent commanding likely– Off-nominal more complicated

• Some minor problems notified in technical debrief

• Rendez-Vous and Docking– Failure of KYPC 1 system

• Made for 2 man operations

Space Station• General– Difference US Segment and Russian

Segment– Crowded with 6 people– Variety in food and drinks needs to be

improved

Service Module

US LAB

Experiments

• Biology– Osteoporosis (Rho Signaling and Vitamin D). – Radition Effects (Ramiros)

• Microbiologe– Message - Effects of microgravity on bacterial gene expression with special attention to

genes involved in the response to stress, in motility (flagella) and in genetic rearrangements.

• Cardioscience / Cogniscience– Effects of microgravity on cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and the stress,

cognition and physiological response during spaceflight. – Directed Attention Brain Potential in virtual 3-D space in weightlessness.

• Physical science– GCF: Protein crystallization in the Granada Crystallisation Facility. – Zeogrid: Study of the structure and morphology of Zeogrids obtained under

microgravity conditions.

– DCCO - Diffusion Coefficients in Crude Oils. – Nanoslab - Study of aggregation mechanism and kinetics – Promiss - Protein crystal growth monitoring by digital holographic microscope. – Cosmic - Combustion synthesis under microgravity conditions.

Experiments

• Human physiology– Sympatho: Sympathoadrenal activity during spaceflight. – Virus: Monitoring latent virus reactivation and shedding in astronauts.

– Sleep: Sleep-wake actigraphy and light exposure during spaceflight.

• Earth monitoring– Study of optical radiation in the ionosphere of Earth related to thunder activity and

seismic processes.

• Educational– Video and ARISS

• Ground investigations– Chromosomes - Chromosomal aberrations in blood lymphocytes of astronauts. – Xenon-1 - Effect of microgravity on the peripheral veno-articular reflex in humans. – Aorta - Physiological parameters that predict orthostatic intolerance after spaceflight.

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• NeuroCog

• CardioCog

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Experiments

• MSG– COSMIC– PROMISS– NANOSLAB– DCCO

– General– Help with operations first day (Peggy)– Procedures (wordy – number of steps)– Feedback from the ground – direct link– On orbit repair

PROMISS Crystals

Experiments

– Acquarius– Vitamin D / Rho Signaling / Ramiros

– Message– GCF– ZEOGRID– Public Events– Education

Operations

• In general ok• Timings first day

– Help main crew• Difference US Ops versus Russian Ops• Dependency US Communications for Scientific

program

Future of Human Space Flight

• Current priority is ISS– Prepare for further Human Exploration

of the Solar System– Scientific outpost in space

• Europe should develop it’s vision on Human Space flight and exploration

• Based on our cultural heritage, Europe should play a major role in this endeavour

• In order to achieve this, we need to advance in certain key areas – Crew transportation– Large habitats and regenerative life

support systems– Robotics

Why do we go to space?

• Fundamental reason is to explore

– We value exploration as an opportunity to discover, to learn and, ultimately, to grow. (extract from the European Astronaut Charta)

– The main added value of innovative space projects is the value of the people behind them who have to surpass themselves to succeed. And this in an international environment

– The resulting increased level of knowledge and technology increases the capability of the society to solve other difficult problems on Earth

⇒Human space flight can help to build the knowledge based society that Europe wants to become (Lisbon 2000)

• In addition

– Space provides an excellent scientific platform

– Human space flight can help build the European Identity

– Human space flight can inspire young people to choose for scientific careers

Conclusions

• Overall successful mission

• Good preparation– Technical– Operational support– Crew

• Excellent support from the whole team

Questions ?

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