Belarusian Olga Mastitskaya on the results of the SIRIUS-23 experiment

Six volunteers spent a year inisolation,simulating a flight to themoonaspart of the SIRIUS-23 experiment,organized by the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. One of the participants is Olga Mastitskaya, a representative of Belarus, a junior researcher at the Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Olgaexplainedwhy she decided to participatein the experiment:"Myacquaintancewith the spacethemebeganbackin2022,whenwomencosmonauts were beingselectedinBelarus. I was one of the sixgirls who went to theCosmonautTrainingCenterforfurtherselection,where I metcosmonauts and learned a lotaboutspacetravel,thedesignandoperation of mannedspacecraft.Allthisarousedmygreatinterest,admiration, and desire to developinthisdirection.After the secondstage of the selection, Ireceived an offer to participatein the annualSIRIUS-23experiment. After consultingwith my family, I agreed."

According to Olga, the most difficult thing in the conditions of isolation was the lack of live communication with family, friends, and friends. "In my normal life, I called them every day, but here I just managed to keep in touch through correspondence. We had two communication sessions at 12:00 and at 18:00, when we received e-mail messages. Of course, they were read every day with honest patience. There were all kinds of psychological moments, but in my opinion, I dealt with them, I tried not to get into conflict situations," she comments.

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