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Expedition 10 (ISS-10)

Experiments Program

In the course of ISS-10, 161 sessions of 41 experiments are to be implemented. Thirty eight experiments were started in the previous increments. Three experiments ("SVS", "Bioemulsia", "Rokviss) are new.

Breakdown of Experiments by Research Areas

Research Area	Experiment Name
Human life research	"Sprut-MBI", "Diurez", "Farma", "Cardio-ODNT", "Biotest", "Profilaktika", "Pulse", "Gematologia" "Pilot", Biorisk, Rastenia-2, "Intercellular interaction", "Prognos", "Brados"
Geophysical research	"Relaksatsia", "Uragan", "Molniya-SM"
Earth resources sensing	"Diatomeya", "Ekon"
Space biotechnology	"Mimetik-K", "Vaktsina-K", "Konjugatsia", "Biodegradation", "Bioekologia", "Bioemulsia", "Interleukin-K"
Technical research	"Meteoroid", "Toksichnost", "Identifikatsiya", "Skorpion", "Kromka"
Contract activities	GTS, MPAC&SEED, "GCF-JAXA", "Rokviss", "Neurocog", "Cardiocog", "ETD"
Study of cosmic rays	Matroshka-R
Space technology and material science	"SVS", "Plasma crystal"

For implementation of the еxperiments program the following is required:

CARGO FLOW
	Ascent to ISS RS: by Soyuz TMA-5 by Progress M-51 by Progress M-52 by Soyuz TMA-6 TOTALLY:	11.45 kg 169.97 kg 39.40 kg 14.24 kg 235.06 kg
	Return of materials with SE results: by Soyuz TMA-4 by Soyuz TMA-5 TOTALLY:	29.30 kg 28.11 kg 57.41 kg
POWER CONSUMPTION
	Continuous Daily average Maximum per session (within 1-3 hours)	up to 460 W up to 532 KW up to 1 kW
CREW TIME
	ISS-10 Commander L. Chiao (USA) ISS-10 Flight Engineer S. Sharipov (RF) VC-7 Flight Engineer Yu. Shargin (RF) ISS-9 Commander G. Padalka (RF) Russian crew member of ISS-11 TOTALLY:	15 h 55 min 179 h 55 min 21 h 00 min 4 h 15 min 0 h 50 min 221 h 55 min
RECORDING AND TRANSFER OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
	- Sample Kits - Electronic data carriers - Onboard logbook sheets - Telemetry data	41 kits 58 pcs. 12 sheets 4.3 Gbyte