Following his return from space, Romanenko participated in a centrifuge test, aimed to check his ability for a manual landing on mars after a spaceflight of half a year.
see:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2022
excellent person to do this test. Will a report be made available?
Indeed, I've never seen a person in such a great condition after a long-duration spaceflight. He looked ready to go on another flight straight away.
Another test is planned for today: a simulated walk on the Martian surface (with spacesuit and all).
I guess we'll hear more about this in Romanenko's first preflight press conference. The same scenario was followed with the previous Russian crewmembers who returned from the ISS (Novitsky and Tarelkin).
Sounds like some great testing! Are the results shared?
Third update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
May 17, 2013 – Chris' readaptation is going well and he continues to improve on a daily basis. His walk is more and more confident, the dizziness he was feeling is fading away every day and he is in good spirits!
He has a full day today of science data collection, amongst others, EEG recordings to evaluate how his sense of orientation and coordination are re adapting to gravity (see photo). He will also have a medical check with an ECG to evaluate his heart, as well as an eye ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of his eyes. These special eye examinations have become routine for all returning astronauts, since some of them have shown decreased vision during and after spaceflight, but the causes remain unclear. It is important to understand these and find ways to mitigate them before we consider longer duration missions to Mars for example.
The day will end with the usual 2-hour reconditioning session with the CSA exercise specialist Natalie Hirsch.
Indeed, I've never seen a person in such a great condition after a long-duration spaceflight. He looked ready to go on another flight straight away.
Yea, I've noticed that RSA cosmonauts generally come back in much better condition then others. Does anyone know if consmonauts follow different countermeasures program then astronauts? Whatever they are doing is definetly working!
Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
Pegboard task - testing hand-eye coordination as it changes back. Just like a test we did during astronaut selection. pic.twitter.com/eysQySwaHD
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
With the research team from U Waterloo. Danielle, Richard and Andrew studying the body's circulatory system controls. pic.twitter.com/xJSdVZ69oR
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
Spent 75 minutes imaging my innards in this MRI. You'd think I'd at least come out with a tan! pic.twitter.com/GcMQBrKzwg
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
This is your brain, on Earth. ESA neurological experiment measuring brainwave changes as I adapted to and from 0G. pic.twitter.com/j4qZ5kGmro
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Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield
How I earned my breakfast this morning. Welcome back to Earth. pic.twitter.com/wEWSOw9neM
Cosmonaut Romanenko, on the fourth day following returning from his long-duration spaceflight (May 18), continued his special test program. He donned an Orlan-MK space suit to simulate stepping down and working on the surface of Mars.
The test took place in simulator “Выход-2” (spacewalk-2) at TsPK. Romanenko, working at a gravity level of 0.38 that of Earth (possible in the upgraded simulator) had to carry out operations related to a “Mars walk,” such as donning the suit, raising and lowering the ladder, stepping down on the surface and walking on the surface.
See:
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2035for more info (in Russian) and pix
(Note: I hope I did the translation all-right).
Fifth update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
May 21, 2013 – Today is R+7 (Return+7 days). Just a week ago, Chris landed in the Kazakh steppes after 5 months in microgravity. He continues his readaptation process as well as multiple medical examinations. Yesterday, a very comprehensive vision exam was conducted using sophisticated tools to look at his retina in fine detail, his visual fields and optic nerve. These will complete the examinations started on Friday with the eye MRI. Also yesterday, a fitness test on a cycle ergometer was conducted to compare his fitness to the last test he performed on orbit a month ago.
Today is very busy with a balance test on a special platform, MRI and ultrasound of his spine, isokinetic testing to evaluate muscle strength, debrief sessions and finally, reconditioning at the gym.
Update on Chris Hadfield’s health
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
May 31, 2013 – Today is R+17 (Return+17 days). In addition to several science and medical data collection as well as debrief sessions, Chris continues his daily 2-hour reconditioning in the gym, and he is doing much better in terms of walking, balance and coordination. He ran for the first time yesterday using a special treadmill that supports a percentage of his body weight. It is starting to be difficult to tell that he has just recently returned from space, although it'll probably take 3-4 months until he feels perfectly adapted to gravity again, and a year or more for his bone to regain the lost density during 5 months of weightlessness.
Early next week will mark 3 weeks since his return from space and he will be traveling to Russia for further debriefs and to attend the traditional welcome home ceremony with Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center near Moscow.
The ISS-34/35 was officially welcomed back in Star City on June 7.
They started with a press conference. Romanenko briefly discussed his post-landing Mars experiment. "It was not too difficult for me," he said.
The crew later visited the statue of Gagarin to lay flowers, after which they were welcomed with bread and salt in Star City, followed by another ceremony.
http://www.gctc.ru/main.php?id=2055
Canadian Space Agency
NEWS RELEASE: Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield announces his plans to pursue new professional challenges:
http://ow.ly/lTh4A..."I am extremely proud to have shared my experience," said Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. "I will continue to reinforce the importance of space exploration through public speaking and will continue to visit Canadian schools through the CSA."
Mr. Hadfield's resignation is effective as of July 3rd, 2013.
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0610.asp
Soyuz TMA-07M is now on display in Vostochny cosmodrome !