In 2018 the spacecraft will land on Mars

Valeri Poliakov, astronaut, Russian cosmonaut consultant, said that in 2014 humans will be able to fly around Mars and by 2018, automatic spacecraft will land on the planet. this planet.

" This mission will be realized in the near future. The conditions are: there needs to be close cooperation between experts and scientists of countries such as Russia, America, Western European countries, and China, in conjunction with the widespread dissemination of Russian experience in cosmology . " Poliakov said.

According to Poliakov, in preparation for these plans in the future, Russia is currently planning a new test called Mars-500 . As planned, this program will be launched at the end of 2006.

" This is a plan to test the new generation spacecraft model. The crew will consist of 6 people, flying in space for 500 days. It is estimated that this is a sufficient time for this spacecraft. fly from Earth to Mars, "added Poliakov.

According to him, joining the crew will have volunteer candidates from the US and Western European countries. They are supplemented with the knowledge of soil, medicine, psychology, . and other related subjects, in order to prepare astronauts to adapt to outer space in a distance. Such a long time.

In addition, this test also aims to study the effects of cosmic radiation on astronauts. This problem has long been considered one of the difficulties of cosmology. And this is also one thing that will inevitably encounter a flight to Mars in the future.

" This research will put astronauts' health on top priority ."

Poliakov is an astronaut who has been on the longest flight in the history of the universe (lasting 437 days and 17 hours 59 minutes) - a flight from Hoa Binh space station, from January 8, 1994 to 22 March 1995. This flight has also achieved certain success in studying the medical, physical, psychological, and living issues of astronauts in space conditions.

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