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Space Adventures is offering an Orbital Flight Qualification Programme through our unique relationship with the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (Star City) and the State Research Centre of the Russian Federation- Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP). You will have the most thorough medical of your life and earn full Cosmonaut medical certification if you pass (valid 1 year). Enjoy your own chartered Zero-G flight, various other flight adventures and much more is included in this amazing package. You will be personally escorted at all times. Duration 10-14 days.
Price: £124,565
Price includes: Return flights to Moscow including prepaid taxes. Full cosmonaut medical tests and certification, chartered Zero-Gravity flight with expert personal training, MiG-25 flight to the Edge of Space, MiG-29 Acrobatic flight, Neutral Buoyancy Tank simulated space walk, Soyuz simulator training, genuine NOMEX flight suit and leather flight jacket, all meals, including dinners at Moscow's best restaurants, VIP tours of Star City and other Moscow highlights and cultural events, executive suite at a 5* Moscow hotel, VIP customs processing and transfers, personal escort by Space Adventures flight expert, professional guides, staff support and interpreters. Russian visa.
Price excludes: Insurance, drinks and other items of a
personal nature.
Programme Highlights
• Full cosmonaut medical certification
• Centrifuge launch & reentry gravity load testing
• Astronaut/Cosmonaut mentor for duration of training
• Chartered Zero Gravity flight with expert personal trainers
• MiG-25 Flight to the “Edge of Space” with one of Russia's most experienced fighter pilots
• MiG-29 High-G Aerobatic Flight with one of Russia's most experienced fighter pilots
• Neutral buoyancy training and space walk simulation under the guidance of mission controllers
• Soyuz TMA spacecraft simulator training under the guidance of actual Soyuz crew trainers
Space Adventures developed the Orbital Pre-Qualification Program (OPQ) in cooperation with Russia’s Institute for Biomedical Problems (IMBP) and the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center as the first logical step towards your orbital space flight. The Space Adventures OPQ program is the only officially recognized qualification program for non-career space flight candidates.
Over two weeks in Russia, you will experience a variety of sophisticated simulations developed to train astronauts and cosmonauts for spaceflight to the International Space Station.
You will also meet with world class long duration space medicine experts to conduct a thorough examination and evaluation of your physical, physiological, and psychological ability to cope with the space environment.
Should you pass these tests, you will then meet with a medical review panel to receive your certification as an official space flight candidate. From there, real in depth cosmonaut training begins.
Contact WildWings regarding the preparation requirements for this in-depth programme.
Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) located in Star City, just outside Moscow, Russia is named after one of the centers first group of trainees the first human in space Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. Following the early days of space flight, every individual with the drive and ambition to ride a Russian rocket to space has passed through the gates of GCTC.
This is where your training begins.
Orbital flight candidates are expected to meet a high standard for medical and physical ability. Space Adventures’ Orbital Pre-Qualification program is designed to provide you an overview of the full training experience while, as its name implies, qualifying you to proceed into full cosmonaut training for a orbital space flight.
During part of your training in Russia, Dr. Norm Thagard, the first NASA astronaut to lunch into space aboard a Soyuz TMA spacecraft and live aboard the Mir Space Station for three months, will join you as your personal guide and mentor. Dr. Thagard will provide knowledgeable guidance and incite into Russian space program operations, and share his personal advice about living in Russia, training at Star City. (Please note, Dr. Thagard’s presence is subject to his availability.)
The Space Adventures OPQ is divided into two primary disciplines: medical testing and space flight training activities.
Medical Tests
Medical testing is designed to learn if your physical health satisfies IBMP requirements for space flight. This involves approximately 10 days of tests conducted at the Institute for Biomedical Problems in downtown Moscow.
Please note that the daily schedule is subject to change in response to individual test results and the availability of medical specialists., performance during medical tests, and personal schedule.
Training Activities
The following training activities will be conducted at the Zhukovsky Airbase and Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center:
• High G-loads using the TsF-18, the worlds largest centrifuge and acrobatic maneuvers at supersonic speeds aboard a MiG-29 jet fighter;
• Zero gravity training aboard a GCTC training jet
• Space walk training underwater with space station mockups in a neutral buoyancy tank
• High fidelity spacecraft flight simulations in the Soyuz TMA spacecraft simulator.
* High-altitude flight to 82,000 ft/25 km the “Edge of Space” aboard a MiG-25
During the two week OPQ, you will address:
Medical Concerns for Space flight
The primary reason your physical condition is a concern for qualification is to minimize the risk of an emergency while in space. The ability to treat medical problems while in space is still very limited. Your ability to demonstrate a generally healthy body condition is paramount to moving forward in the training process.
High Gravity Loads
During launch and reentry, cosmonauts are subjected to moments of high gravity loads that can exceed seven times your normal body weight. Though these g-loads can also be experienced on amusement park roller coasters, candidates must meet the physical conditions that will allow their bodies to manage such pressure.
Weightlessness
The effects of weightlessness on the human body and psyche are profound and pervasive. Some candidates experience disorientation and motion sickness. Training to adapt to weightlessness is one of the primary goals during your training. For the OPQ, tests will be conducted to gauge your tolerance to these conditions.
Psychological Experience
An orbital flight to the International Space Station is typically eight days in duration during which you will spend approximately one-third your time inside the Soyuz–TMA spacecraft. The ability to operate normally in the closed confines associated with the Soyuz and space station environments is critical for all crewmembers. Psychological problems such as claustrophobia need to be identified in the screening process.
For the full itinerary please visit: http://www.spaceadventures.com/training/orbital/details
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