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Expedition 39/40 (ISS-39/40)

Experiments Program

During ISS-39 and ISS-40, 650 sessions of 51 experiments are planned to be implemented. 48 experiments were started in the previous increments. 3 experiments (Biopolimer, Otklik and Biosignal) are new.

Breakdown of Experiments by Research Areas

Research Area	Experiment Name
Physico-chemical processes and materials in space conditions	Kristallizator
Earth and space sciences	BTN-Neutron, Microsatellite, Napor-mini RSA, Obstanovka, Radar-Progress, Relaksatsia, Seyner, Seismoprognoz, Uragan, Ekon-M,
Man in space	Vzaimodeystviye, Virtual, Immuno, Matryoshka-R, Motocard, SPLANH, Chromato-Mass Spectr M, Biosignal
Space biology and biotechnology	ARIL, Aseptik, Bacteriofag, Biodegradatsia, Biorisk, Bioemulsia, Kaltsiy, Kaskad, Konstanta, Conjugation, Membrana, Regeneratsia-1, Struktura
Technologies of space exploration	Albedo, Bar, Biopolimer, Vector-T, Vizir, VIRU, Vynoslivost, Dalnost', Identifikatsiya, Izgib, Kontrol, Otklik, Sreda-MKS, Test
Education and promotion of space research	Great Start, Kulonovskiy Kristall, About Gagarin from Space, RadioScaf
Contract works and experiments	"EXPOSE-R"

For implementation of the experiments program the following is required:

CARGO FLOW
	Ascent to ISS RS: by Soyuz TMA-12M by Soyuz TMA-13M by Progress M-23M by Progress M-24M TOTALLY:	15.56 kg 3.05 kg 26.56 kg 104.80 kg 149.97 kg
	Return of materials with SE results: by Soyuz TMA-11M by Soyuz TMA-12M TOTALLY:	15,87 kg 19,90 kg 35,77 kg
POWER CONSUMPTION
	Continuous Daily average	up to 306 W 308 W
CREW TIME
	In the ISS-39 phase Flight Engineer-4 Mikhail Tyurin (Russia) Flight Engineer-1 Alexander Skvortsov (Russia) Flight Engineer-2 Oleg Artemyev (Russia) TOTALLY: In the ISS-40 phase Flight Engineer-1 Alexander Skvortsov (Russia) Flight Engineer-2 Oleg Artemyev (Russia) Flight Engineer-4 Maksim Suraev (Russia) TOTALLY:	47 h 15 min 56 h 30 min 61 h 35 min 165 h 20 min 135 h 30 min 139 h 00 min 87 h 05 min 361 h 35 min
RECORDING AND TRANSFER OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
	Sample Kits Electronic data carriers Telemetry data	33 63 222.1 Gbyte