Russian cosmonauts on the ISS are unloading the Progress MS-27 transport cargo ship, which docked to the Poisk module the day before.
As noted by the special correspondent of TASS news agency, the commander of the Roscosmos cosmonaut corps, Oleg Kononenko, the ship delivered clothing, food, drinking water and other essential items to the orbit. Equipment and materials for new scientific experiments for the exploration of near and far space also arrived.
We will study how space affects various biopolymers. We will investigate the effect of weightlessness on spatial orientation. We will look for an answer to the question of how to maintain the health of cosmonauts in long-term missions, study our immunity. These studies will help us better prepare for future space flights and better conditions for flight and life in space.
Kononenko separately noted the arrival, among other equipment, of a hyperspectrometer for monitoring the Earth's surface.
The hyperspectrometer is a development of the Russian MIPT, capable of capturing light waves with a length of 0.43 to 1.6 micrometers in both the visible and near-infrared ranges. In total, this is 180 narrow color channels (shades).
Reflecting from objects with different structures, light waves give the device information. Simply put, a healthy tree differs in color for it from one affected by bark beetles, dry soil from slightly moist, and water where there are many microalgae from one where there are not enough.
At a distance of up to 500 kilometers, the hyperspectrometer, in particular, can recognize in real time emergencies on Earth, environmental problems and pollution, discern thickets of hogweed and other plants harmful to humans, and assess crops and forests.
The device will be installed on the porthole of the Zvezda module using a special movable bracket. It will collect data that can be used to create an entire Russian group of satellites with hyperspectrometers.
Earlier, Russia successfully tested in space the first hyperspectrometer for nanosatellites-cubesats. It, like its larger counterpart, detects objects on Earth in a multi-channel spectral display that are not visible by other means of observation.
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