Died cosmonaut Boris Morukov doctor – TVNZ

He died on January 1st. The sudden death. 64 years.

It’s hard to believe – always smart, athletic, well-balanced. And it is very solid. Perhaps it is these traits and enabled him to fulfill a dream – to fly into space.

In the Soviet Union there were several groups of astronauts. Was in the Cosmonaut Training Center, owned by the Ministry of Defense. There were mostly military pilots. Was in the NGO “Energy” – developer of space technology. Engineers. And he was at the Institute of Biomedical Problems. Doctors. Logic in preparation for the flight of different specialists, of course, was – that doctors are responsible for the health of the crew during long flights. And it is from them will ultimately determine the success of the top flight of mankind in the 21st century – to Mars.

But after the collapse of the USSR was a little flight. Flew mostly military and engineers. Get into the carriage doctor was incredibly difficult – it rubbed representatives of more powerful departments. The only one who was able to break – Valeri Polyakov. But his first long flight he made in the 1988-1989 year. More experienced candidate for the long-planned flight was not extremely long. And he’s the next flight in 1994-1995 set a world record – 437 days in orbit.

In the unit IBMP were other doctors who were preparing to fly. But … I know a few guys who spent years of his life to stay fit to fly, but eventually left that dream. Morukov found himself incredibly stubborn.

He worked in IBMP since 1978. Candidate for the cosmonaut-researcher began in 1989th. To become a doctor on board the “World” specifically studied cardiology, gastroenterology, otolaryngology, dentistry, mastered resuscitation. He flew in 2000 alone. On the US space shuttle “Atlantis».

11 years of training …

Throughout his life, Boris spent the fact that space has become for us closer to professional astronauts in orbit could be as much as workable form. And the fact that we were able to fly to Mars.

He was the first in the world conducted a series of studies involving men and women in antiorthostatic hypokinesia. That is, in the condition in which the astronauts in orbit. The results of these studies have helped astronauts long and successful work at the station “Mir” and the ISS.

From 2007 to 2011, was director Boris Morukov unique and incredibly successful Russian project to simulate a manned flight to Mars – “Mars- 500 “.