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WEIGHTLESSNESS

IL-76 MDK The flying laboratories, which are designed on the basis of the "IL-76 MDK" wide-body airplane, can create short-term weightless conditions. To achieve a short-term micro-gravity, the aircraft flies in a parabolic pattern (Kepler curve), rising to a height of about 20,000 feet, and then curving downward. Weightlessness lasts for 25 seconds and can be recreated up to 15 times within one flight. The Zero-G flight lasts 1,5 hours. Total time of weightlessness conditions can be approximately 450 seconds.

IL-76 MDK The ATLAS Aerospace is using the flying laboratories for carrying out technological tests and studies of different space-related systems, devices, assemblies, biomedical studies of organisms and their behavior under weightless conditions and in reduced weightlessness ("Lunar", "Martian" and other types of gravity), and also for commercial flights and advertising projects.

IL-76 MDK The airplane volume (3,4m х 3,2m х 14.1 м), as well as the payload of experimental equipment, allocated in the laboratory compartment, advantageously single out our airplane from the similar ones in the world. The results of tests and experiments are registered by the standard on-board aircraft systems and additional test- and measuring equipment of the customer. The video- and photo-shooting are also available on board, as well as the subsequent processing of all the taken video- and photo- materials.

Prices and Services
Flight Quantity of
Parabolas		 Duration of
one Parabola		 Total
Time		 Price
Training 10 25 sec 250 sec 3990 USD
Training 12 25 sec 375 sec 4340 USD
Experimental Upon request Upon request
Advertising Upon request Upon request

HYDROSPACE

Neutral Buoyancy is one of the most effective means of simulating the extra-vehicular activity conditions. This method is based on putting space modules, vehicles and EVA-suit donned cosmonauts in the swimming pool under conditions of neutral buoyancy, indifferent equilibrium and unsupported state.

In «Hydrospace » you can experience feelings of an astronaut, working in outer space with the EVA-suit on. You can also dive into the swimming pool with the SCUBA equipment in order to examine the mock-ups of space stations and vehicles and pass a course of rehabilitation in a hyperbaric oxygenation complex. In addition you can do photo- and video-shooting of the EVA operations, using a unique high-quality equipment of the neutral buoyancy laboratory, as well as to realize a wide range of advertising, promotional and popular scientific projects.

The «Hydrospace» program is a unique complex of engineering facilities and is intended for training cosmonauts for their operations in outer space. This new aspect of technological activity is carried out under conditions, which are playing a conflicting role to the conditions both of the human being's and human civilization development.

The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory includes:
  1. A swimming pool;
  2. A mock-up of the «Orlan-M»
  3. Space engineering and equipment mock-ups;
  4. Lifting machinery complex;
  5. Air- and water supply systems complex;
  6. SCUBA equipment and harness;
  7. PDK-2U decompression chamber, which simulates underwater submersion down to 100 m (10 atmospheres);
  8. Hyperbaric oxygenation complex;
  9. Video- and telemetry monitoring and processing complex;
  10. Lighting systems;

Price and Conditions
Program Training Aspect Under Water Time Total Time Cost
ОRLAN EVA cyclogram 1 hour 4 hours 3900 USD
SCUBA EVA cyclogram 1 hour 4 hours 390 USD
Advertising project On request

Note: Photo and video - upon request.


CENTRIFUGE

At insertion and de-orbiting stage the spacecraft is exposed to G-loads. Under conditions of the Earth gravitation we are using the method of semi-natural simulation of linear accelerations in the centrifuges with a mobile cab for simulation of G-loads, originating in a space flight. The mobile cab can have different degrees of freedom. The cab rotation can be controllable by means of controls and uncontrollable, using the inertia force effect on the offset center of gravity.
The major factor of the orbital flight, affecting a cosmonaut, is a weightlessness state, which causes essential changes in cardiovascular and vestibular systems operation. Sensory and vegetal disorders, occurring in the first hours and days of cosmonauts stay in orbit, are called " satellite disease " or "space motion sickness ". The three-degree gimbaled centrifuge is able to simulate a "physiological weightlessness". Its sense is to initiate disorders of cosmonauts' vestibular system, by controlling the centrifuge motion and angular attitudes of its cab according to the special law, which causes the simultaneous re-distribution of fluids in the cosmonauts' organism by creating the excessive pressure in the lower part of the space suit.

Under the Earth conditions you can "execute" a short-term space flight according to the following cyclogram:

  • "Soyuz" space vehicle insertion into the Earth artificial satellite orbit with full or reduced/shortened in time G-load (up to 4 G, duration up to 540 sec);
  • Short (60 minutes-long) orbital flight, during which you can verify you adaptation possibilities to weightlessness;
  • "Soyuz" space vehicle de-orbiting from the Earth artificial satellite orbit with full or reduced/shortened in time G-load (up to the moment of parachute deployment, 6.5 G, duration to 420 sec).

    In addition, you can experience a long-term G-load of a desirable value and direction, including simulation of the typical test profiles for fighter - pilots and cosmonauts. You can order testing of different systems (devices) for their reliability and work capacity under G-load conditions.

    • Price and Conditions
    Program Duration Cost
    Medical Examination 2 hours 270 USD
    Tests for Air Force Pilots
    Direction "Head-to-Pelvis", 3 G 30 sec 675 USD
    Direction "Head-to-Pelvis", 5 G 30 sec 675 USD
    Direction "Head-to-Pelvis", 6 G 30 sec 675 USD
    Tests for Cosmonauts
    Direction "Chest-to-Spine", 4 G 40 sec 690 USD
    Direction "Chest-to-Spine", 8 G 40 sec 690 USD
    Insertion into the Earth Orbit 540 sec \ 9 мин 2880 USD
    Space Vehicle Descent 420 sec \ 7 min 2360 USD
    Orbital Flight (insertion-weightlessness-descent) 1040 sec \ 17.3 min 5500 USD
    Orbital Flight (insertion-weightlessness-descent) 30 min Upon request
    Orbital Flight (insertion-weightlessness-descent) 60 min Upon request
    Equipment Technological Proof Tests Upon request Upon request


    PILOTING

    The L-39 two-seat training jet plane is intended for flights in regular and complex meteorological conditions at day and night time, as well as for acrobatic flying. As for its design, it is a cantilever all-metal monoplane with a trapezoidal low wing. The tail unit of the airplane consists of a trapezoidal keel with an elevator, fixed on the tail of a fuselage. The chassis of the airplane consists of three wheels, including the nose wheel. The main chassis legs are retracted into the wing, and the front leg - in the fuselage nose.

    Pressurized cockpits are in the front part of the fuselage. Cockpits are equipped with oxygen supply- and air conditioning systems, thus enabling normal crew operation at high altitudes and allowing to easily withstand the permissible operating G-loads, if pilots wear special harness and use a special equipment. There are ejection seats in the cockpits, enabling to do emergency crew escape. A cockpit canopy is pressure-tight with a single layer glazing, the back-folding parts can be thrown off under abnormal condition by pyrotechnical systems.

    Emergency, radio electronic and radio/radar equipment of the airplane ensures airplane piloting at day and night time under complex meteorological conditions.

    Price and Conditions
    Type of the Aircraft In-Flight
    Time    		 Acrobatics Cost
    L-39 1x30 min yes 860 USD
    2x30 min 1400 USD
    MIG-25 45 min yes 9300 USD
    MIG-29 45 min yes 8890 USD
    SU-30 45 min yes 9900 USD


    BAIKONUR


    The Baikonur space vehicles and missiles launch site is a complicated engineering and technical complex. It is a unique and the biggest facility in the world. The world's first artificial satellite of the Earth, as well as the first artificial satellites of the Sun, of the Moon and of the Venus were launched from the Baikonur. It was the Baikonur where the first man of the Earth was launched into space from.

    The "ATLAS aerospace" company invites you to visit the Baikonur launch site, to witness a space vehicle launch, as well as to participate in pre-launch activities.

    The trip program includes a familiarization with the cosmodrome launching and engineering facilities, a visit to the Yu.Gagarin's museum and living apartments, meetings with managing personnel and employees of the space terminal. The helicopter panoramic tour is also available.

    Directly before the space vehicle launch you can get acquainted with its crew, attend a space suits donning and integrity check procedures and a press - conference. You can also witness a space rocket roll-out from the assembly building to its launching site and see off the crew to the launch.

    The Baikonur cosmodrome (official name - 5-th State Test Cosmodrome of the Russian Federation) is positioned in Kazakhstan, on the Syrdarya riverbank.

    The cosmodrome consists of nine launch complexes with fourteen launchers, thirty-four engineering complexes, three fuelling stations for space vehicles and two aerodromes. Such boosters as "PROTON-K"," ZENITH-2"," SOYUZ-U"," SOYUZ-U2"," MOLNIYA-M", "CYCLONE-2" and "ROKOT" are launched from here.

    The cost of the program is 3000 USD.





    SURVIVAL

    Survival implies active, expedient actions to be undertaken in order to preserve a life, health and work capacity under conditions of unfavorable factors of the environment at a site of forced (emergency) landing.

    Taking into account the probability of emergency landings, cosmonauts are trained for their actions at the forced landing site in various climatic and geographical zones.

    The major tasks of survival training are:

  • to psychologically prepare cosmonauts for actions in case of their possible stay outside the nominal landing site within 2-3 days after off-nominal landing under extreme environmental stress of different climatic and geographical areas;
  • to work out practical skills of the crew on maintaining work capacity and preserving their lives during their independent (autonomous) stay in difficult physical-geographic conditions with rational use of the descent capsule equipment, portable emergency kit, regular harness, improvised materials on the terrain;
  • to master skillful interaction of the crewmembers with the search- and rescue complex.

    Preliminary training is carried out at the Yu. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center and includes theoretical and practical training with cosmonauts on survival methods and technique in extreme conditions at the off-nominal landing (splashdown) site; clarification of the tasks and preparation of special survival-related means.
    Direct training is carried out in the particular climatic and geographical region (on the ship's deck) and its task is to familiarize trainees with conditions of independent (autonomous) integrated training and to gain the first-hand experience of the most complex aspects of training (practical handling and firing of the TP-82 (ТП-82) pistol, light and signaling flares launch etc.)
    The independent (autonomous) integrated training is carried out in a separate uninhabited region of a certain climatic and geographical area according to the preset cyclogram of the training.

    • Price and Conditions
    Climatic-Geographic Zone Program Description Duration Cost
    Forest-and marshland space 48 hours 6000 USD
    Forest-and marshland space 72 hours 8000 USD
    Forest-and marshland general 48 hours on request
    Forest-and marshland general 72 hours on request
    Тундра space 48 hours 6000 USD
    Tundra space 72 hours 8000 USD
    Tundra general 48 hours on request
    Tundra general 72 hours on request
    Desert / Mountains space 48 hours 6000 USD
    Desert / Mountains space 72 hours 8000 USD
    Desert / Mountains general 48 hours on request
    Desert / Mountains general 72 hours on request
    Sea space 2 hours 2000 USD
    Sea space 3 hours 4000 USD
    Sea space 5 hours 5000 USD
    Sea general on request on request


    SIMULATORS


    The "ATLAS Aerospace" company invites all the volunteers to pass a course of space training in the simulators of the Yuri Gagarin Russian State Scientific-Research and Test Center of Cosmonaut Training. You will acquire actual skills on a space vehicle control by means of unique hardware and facilities and learn a lot about the space vehicle's docking process. You also will be given fundamentals of space navigation.

    More than two dozens of integrated and specialized simulators and trainers are used presently at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Center for training cosmonauts within the framework of "Soyuz-TM" utilization program and International Space Station.

    The main simulators, trainers and stends are:


    - TDK-7ST N1 and N2 integrated simulators used for training cosmonauts on "Soyuz-TM" space vehicle, its systems and hardware control in the course of the space mission program implementation in standard, off-nominal and emergency situations at all stages of the flight, as well as for mastering skills, how to follow and to handle the flight procedures;

    - "Don - 732" specialized simulator, which is used for a crew training on manual-mode control of the "Soyuz-TM" space vehicle and its systems in the course of approach and docking to the orbital station;

    - "Teleoperator" specialized simulator for mastering the approach remote-control skills, which main task is to train crews on manual control of the "Progress" cargo vehicle while doing approach, berthing and fly-around, docking to and undocking from the orbital station in the remote controlling mode in case of emergency and off-nominal situations;

    - Specialized simulator for training cosmonauts on the"Soyuz-TM" transport vehicle approach and docking to the long-term orbital station and for maintaining the crew skills on manual control of the transport space vehicle and its systems in the course of approach, rendezvous, fly-around, docking to/ undocking from the space complex, foreseen by the program of the flight;

    - "Vykhod" specialized trainer for training cosmonauts on managing the EVA-suit systems, as well as on controlling its independent and on-board systems of life-support and air -locking in standard operational use and in off-nominal situations;


    - A complex of training facilities of the the ISS Russian segment modules - The RS ISS simulators and trainers operate under conditions of a collective usage of computation devices, training monitoring and control facilities, independent means of exterior visual situation imitation both autonomously and jointly, forming a combined engineering complex. The remaining training facilities operate independently and have an information link (possibility of link) with each other, as well with the informational systems of the Center outside of a real time.

    - Virtual-reality-based stand for ISS crew training - In the course of their training and depending on the training stage cosmonauts and astronauts study the on-board systems' location and their design principles, ISS RS structure and configuration, acquire skills of onboard systems control with the help of consoles and control panels in regular and off-nominal modes.

    - Astro-navigational functional-simulating stand - AFSS enables not only to generate and to project a stellar sky, but also to imitate a flight dynamics for different manned space vehicles, providing a movement of constellations in a field of view of windows with actual angular velocities. It is very effective means in training crews on attitude control and navigating with the help of stars position and by means of optical-and-visual instruments under conditions, which are close to the actual space flight.

    - All the simulators and trainers, mentioned above are unique. You will never find something like that anywhere else, except at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. All the cosmonauts, which have flown on board the "Soyuz" space vehicles - both Russian and foreign ones, including the first space tourist Dennis Tito - have passed the full training course just in these very simulators.
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