Expedition 18 (ISS-18)
Experiments Program
During ISS-18, 218 sessions of 46 experiments are planned to be implemented. Fourty one experiments were started in the previous increments.
Five experiments (“Impuls”, “Rusalka”, “Fizika-Obrazovanie”, “MATI-75”, “EXPOSE-R”) are new.
Breakdown of Experiments by Research Areas
| Research Area |
Experiment Name |
| Human life research |
Sonocard,
Pilot,
Dykhanie,
Pnevmocard,
Biorisk,
Rastenia
|
| Geophysical research |
Relaksatsia,
Uragan,
Impuls,
Vsplesk,
Plasma-MKS,
Plasma-Progress,
Ten'-Mayak
|
| Earth resources sensing |
Diatomeya,
Rusalka,
Ekon
|
| Space biotechnology |
Glidoproteid,
Mimetik-K,
KAF,
Vaktsina-K,
Lactolen,
ARIL,
OCHB,
Biotrek,
Conjugatsia,
Biodegradatsia,
Bioemulsiya,
Interleukin-K,
Zhenshen-2,
Antigen
|
| Technical research |
Vektor-T,
Izgib,
Identifikatsiya,
Sreda-MKS,
Bar,
Expert
|
| Contract activities |
GTS-2,
EXPOSE-R
|
| Study of cosmic rays |
BTN-Neutron,
Matroshka-R
|
| Educational and humanitarian projects |
Fizika-Obrazovanie,
MATI-75,
MAI-75
|
| Space technology and material science |
SVS,
Crystallizator,
Plasma crystal
|
For implementation of the åxperiments program the following is required:
| CARGO FLOW |
 |
Ascent to ISS RS:
by Soyuz TMA-13
by Progress M-01M
by Progress M-66
TOTALLY:
|
24.51 kg
121.13 kg
16.88 kg
162.52 kg
|
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Return of materials with SE results:
by Soyuz TMA-12
by Shuttle in flight ULF2
by Soyuz TMA-13
TOTALLY:
|
32.00 kg
7.65 kg
13.93 kg
53.58 kg
|
| POWER CONSUMPTION |
 |
Continuous
Daily average
|
300.0 W
499.2 W
|
| CREW TIME |
 |
ISS-18 Flight Engineer Yu. Lonchkov (Russia)
ISS-18 Crew Commander M. Fincke (USA)
TOTALLY:
|
155 h 15 min
6 h 25 min
161 h 40 min
|
| RECORDING AND TRANSFER
OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS |
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- Sample Kits,
including:
- Material sample containers
- Protein and cell cultivators
- Microorganism propagators,
biosamples
- Passive dosimeters pouch
- Electronic data carriers
including:
- Video tapes
- Photo cassettes
- Hard drives, memory units
- Floppy disks
- Memory cards
- Telemetry data
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10
11
2
71
21
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13
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7,2 Gbyte
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ISS Crew
 RYZHIKOV
Sergey
 KUD-SVERCHKOV
Sergey
 RUBINS
Kathleen
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