|
In the course of ISS-4, 28 experiments are to be carried
out. Most of them, 22 to be exact, are the activities already
started during previous expeditions. Six experiments are
new.
There are plans to carry out 122 sessions of experiments.
Breakdown of the experiments and the
numbers of sessions by areas of research.
| Area of research |
Experiment name |
Total |
Number of sessions |
|
geophysics research
|
"Relaksatsia",
"Uragan",
"Molniya-SM" |
3
|
15
|
| biomedical
research |
"Diurez",
"Parodont",
"Farma",
"Cardio-ODNT",
"Biotest",
"Profilaktika",
"Prognos",
"Brados" |
8
|
10
|
| survey
of natural resources and environmental monitoring |
"Diatomeya" |
1
|
6
|
| engineering
research |
"Meteoroid",
"Tenzor",
"Vektor-T",
"Izgib",
"Privyazka",
"Iskazheniye",
"Identifikatsiya",
"Skorpion" |
8
|
53
|
| space
power and propulsion systems |
"Kromka" |
1
|
1
|
| cosmic
ray research |
"Platan" |
1
|
1
|
| contract
work |
GTS,
MPAC&SEED,
HDTV,
"Vzglyad" |
4
|
34
|
| educational
and humanitarian projects |
"Konstruktor",
"Kolibry"
|
2
|
2
|
|
Total:
|
28
|
122
|
| CARGO TRAFFIC |
 |
delivery during ISS-3
delivery during ISS-4,
including
on
Logistics vehicle Progress M1-8
Soyuz TM-34
TOTAL:
|
57,84 kg
27,81 kg
26,45 kg
1,36 kg
85,65 kg
|
 |
Return of materials with results of space experiments
including return on-board
Soyuz TM-33
Space Shuttle UF2 mission
|
10,77 kg
10,35 kg
0,42 kg
|
| POWER REQUIREMENTS |
 |
Continuous
Maximum during a session
|
up to 70 W
up to 200 W
|
| CREW TIME |
 |
Crew commander
Flight engineer (USA)
TOTAL:
|
54 h 45 min
12 h 00 min
66 h 45 min
|
| RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING
SCIENTIFIC DATA TO EXPERIMENTERS |
 |
-
kits with specimens and samples
- electronic data carriers
- telemetry data |
31
pcs.
37 pcs.
1.87 GByte |
|
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