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Space women
Text: Natalia Yachmennikova
Rossiyskaya Gazeta Federal Issue No. 6492 (220)
The first Russian woman is flying to the International Space Station
When this issue of " RG " was signed in print, the Soyuz TMA 14M manned spacecraft was already "under steam" at the Baikonur cosmodrome.
The countdown was running: the launch was at 00.25 Moscow time.
There is an international crew on board, two Russians and an American.
But the most important thing is that flight engineer Elena Serova is flying to work in zero gravity in the same team with Alexander Samokutyaev and Barry Wilmore.
After a 17 year break, a Russian woman is finally flying into space!
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An excellent professional, a clever woman her male colleagues speak about her.
And they add: and also a beauty.
Elena is not just the fourth female cosmonaut in the country, who will share all the hardships of a difficult, albeit in the literal sense of the word, stellar life on a par with them.
She will be the first Russian woman to cross the threshold of the ISS and register at the station for 170 days.
On the eve of the start, Elena Serova gave an exclusive interview to the correspondent of "RG".
Elena, the Russians have not flown into orbit for the last seventeen years.
Is it true that Svetlana Savitskaya, the first female cosmonaut who went into outer space, told you: "Hold on, they can put sticks in the wheels until the last!"?
Elena Serova: Yes, it's true.
Svetlana Evgenyevna told me to "hold on to the last".
And I am very grateful to her for her moral support.
Have you met Valentina Tereshkova?
What is her parting word?
Elena Serova: Valentina Vladimirovna came to see off our crew at the Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City.
She wished us a successful start, good work at the station and an easy landing.
Do you have a "personal" call sign?
Or is it the same as for the entire crew?
Elena Serova: Yes, I have my own call sign.
But our crew has the call sign of the commander "Tarkhany", and I will work with the call sign "Tarkhany 2".
This is the law.
What is the most interesting thing for you in the flight program?
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Elena Serova: Everything is insanely interesting to me.
The crew has a large scientific program - 59 experiments.
It is difficult to distinguish anything.
For example, very important studies on the influence of microgravity on the human body.
Their results will be extremely useful when planning missions to other planets.
We will monitor the dynamics of the radiation situation on the flight path and in the compartments of the station.
In particular, the accumulation of dose in the spherical and anthropomorphic phantoms, which are located inside and outside the station.
In general, I am not afraid to say that there are simply unique biotechnological and geophysical experiments ahead.
Will you keep your blog or diary in orbit?
Elena Serova: Absolutely.
Both.
Have any special elements of psychological support been developed for a female cosmonaut?
Elena Serova: There is no such profession - a woman cosmonaut.
There is a profession of a test cosmonaut.
The selection for cosmonauts is very strict.
Certain abilities must be laid down so that we can carry out the flight program qualitatively.
And the floor has nothing to do with it at all.
earlier on the topic, Roscosmos allowed women to participate in the final selection of cosmonauts
And the "elements of psychological support" are the same for all crew members.
These are regular video conferences with relatives, communication with friends and family via IP telephony.
This means watching your favorite movies on board and reading interesting books in your free time.
For example, I really like Russian science fiction.
Are there any plans to conduct a lesson from space for schoolchildren?
Elena Serova: There will be several sessions of amateur radio communication with schoolchildren.
This is a great opportunity for the guys to learn more about the work and life of astronauts on board the station, ask questions and get comprehensive answers.
In addition, educational films will be shot as part of the "Great Beginning"project.
Our crew will tell you about the purpose of some experiments and demonstrate how they are implemented in zero gravity.
Will you have a spacewalk?
Elena Serova: No.
The flight program does not provide such an opportunity for me.
I know that an astronaut can take 1 kg of "personal" cargo with him to the station.
What did you take?
Elena Serova: I think I have even less.
I took mostly photos, various notes, gifts for other astronauts.
You have been preparing for this flight for eight years, training.
Is it very difficult to wait for your finest hour?
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Elena Serova: Yes, indeed, many years have passed since the beginning of training in the cosmonaut squadron.
But when you work, putting all your strength and soul into your work, time flies very quickly.
Some cosmonauts say that the most difficult thing in space training is training for survival.
Others are the struggle with sleep in the sign language chamber and changing into a spacesuit in the descent capsule, when it seems impossible to move...
And what was the most difficult for you?
Elena Serova: I always say this: any job canot be easy.
To achieve the best result, it is necessary to constantly work on yourself, overcome yourself.
This is the most difficult test.
You have two degrees: an engineer and an economist.
And now you are an astronaut.
What attracts you most in your work?
Engineering background?
Mathematical clarity?
An opportunity to test yourself for endurance in extreme conditions?
Elena Serova: The opportunity to realize the intellectual and physical component in yourself one hundred percent.
I get great pleasure from my work.
The profession of an astronaut involves working with complex and specialized equipment.
You need to be able to quickly and competently analyze any situation to solve the most difficult tasks.
You need to keep huge amounts of information in your head.
But I know that this is very important information, so it is easy to digest.
We had a desert survival program.
I have gained invaluable experience of survival in almost any extreme conditions.
Now, for example, I know that in the desert you can get water even from a camel's thorn.
More than 50 American women and only three Russians visited the orbit.
You will be the fourth.
Are you worried?
Are you proud?
Elena Serova: The fact is that there was not a single Russian woman on board the ISS.
And I am very grateful to God that I will live and work on board the International Space Station.
Is space flight the pinnacle of an astronaut's career?
Elena Serova: The top of any career is going on a well deserved rest.
And for an astronaut, as for any pilot who is in love with the sky, it is very important to fly as long as possible and more often.
They say that space couturiers have sewn very beautiful space clothes for you.
Tell us what is included in your "star" wardrobe.
Elena Serova: Yes, indeed, the Falcon spacesuit, which is always sewn individually for each cosmonaut, is just perfect.
I personally experienced it for two hours in the pressure chamber and did not feel any discomfort.
According to the current regulations, this procedure is performed by every cosmonaut.
Perhaps this is the most stylish "suit" of my star wardrobe.
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You have long hair.
How will you take care of them at the station, where there is not only a shower, but also "free" water?
Elena Serova: Just like my American astronaut colleagues.
They even made a five minute training film, which clearly gives an idea of how to perform this procedure for long hair quickly and efficiently.
Do you think a woman will be included in the first crew that will fly to Mars?
Elena Serova: There is a great saying: a person assumes, but God disposes.
We'll wait and see.
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And the mood, too.
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Elena, your husband is also an astronaut.
In the space family, what are the most conversations about in the evenings in the kitchen?
About new ships, about the child's marks, about the rent?..
Elena Serova: Yes, a little about everything.
There is no need to think that we have any special conversations.
We discuss the past working day, plan weekends, pay for utilities, etc.
We live, work, solve everyday problems.
Everything is like everyone else.
Admit it, have you dreamed of flying into space with your husband?
Elena Serova: It's a very good idea, but a flight into space is not a pleasure trip.
Astronauts literally risk their lives every day.
Working in space is a daily hard work, a huge responsibility.
Your daughter, who is also called Lena, is eleven years old.
What did she tell you before the flight?
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Elena Serova: She is a very wise girl for her age, with a wonderful sense of humor.
And she told me the same thing that she has been saying since she was very young: "Mommy, I love you very, very much!"
Are you a strict mother?
Do you have some kind of program for raising your daughter?
Or how will it go?
Elena Serova: I believe that it is impossible to control a child.
You need to be friends with him and talk to him, support him in difficult times.
Often, the parents ' own selfishness does not allow them to understand elementary things: the child needs to be able to hear, consider the potential in him and help him to reveal it.
What do you do in your free time?
Elena Serova: I have very little free time.
I like to read popular science literature, for example, the magazine "Science and Life".
Watch various popular science documentaries.
I am fond of astronomy, history, archeology.
I generally like everything informative and new.
The world does not stand still, science is moving forward, making more and more new discoveries.
And I am interested every time to discover the world in which I live, to learn more about the history of the Earth.
He who knows his past knows his future.
direct speech
Oleg Ostapenko, Head of Roscosmos:
- There is no division into female and male cosmonautics.
There is just a manned cosmonautics.
Maybe some subjective element played a role here.
I donot see any problems.
There are enough capable girls in Russia.
The doors to the cosmonaut squad are open.
Welcome!
Who flew
They say that at one time the Americans voluntarily gave us the palm of superiority in women's cosmonautics.
Back in 1960, the outstanding pilot Gerry Cobb was the first to pass the initial barrier of space tests, but in July 1961, NASA closed the women's flight training program.
But now American women are flying with might and main: more than fifty astronauts worked in orbit.
But over the past more than half a century, only three women have been in space.
But, of course, what!
The first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova became the world's first female cosmonaut.
She made her space flight on June 16, 1963 on the Vostok 6 spacecraft.
It lasted almost three days.
During the start, Valentina uttered the famous phrase: "Hey, sky!
Take off your hat!"
Svetlana Savitskaya was welding and soldering in outer space.
Photo: RIA Novosti www.ria.ru.
Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman to work in orbit twice, in 1982 and 1984.
She is the first representative of the fair sex in the world who went into outer space.
Savitskaya, together with cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov, carried out the first cutting, welding and soldering works outside the station, which are of great applied importance for the development of cosmonautics.
Elena Kondakova became the first star " centenarian..
Photo: RIA Novosti www.ria.ru.
Twice, in 1994 and 1997, Elena Kondakova flew: she spent 178 days in weightlessness and became the first star "long lived".
And the second time she flew as a specialist on the American ship "Atlantis".
Elena Serova joined the cosmonaut squad in 2006.
Before her, Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya had been preparing for the flight for ten years, but she was forced to say goodbye to space, having never worked in orbit.
And in total, 16 women were preparing for a space flight in the country.
On a par with men, without indulgences.
As, however, it is now.
Among the current candidates for cosmonauts, there is also one girl - Anna Kikina.
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