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... ... @@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ 1 1 === Details === 2 2 3 -|**Acronym**|Genes4Mars 4 -|**Description**|Astronaut performance and health monitoring with automated ECG andinvestigation of the changes in health-risk-associated gene expression patterns in blood and urine samples of astronauts. 5 -|**Principal Investigator (PI)**|Dr. Arsen Arakelyan ~| [[arsen.arakelyan@rau.am>>mailto:arsen.arakelyan@rau.am]] 6 -|**Organisation** |Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy, Russian-Armenian University; Institute of Molecular Biology NAS RA 7 -|**Co-Investigators**|((( 8 -Karen Avetisyan | [[avetisyan2016@gmail.com>>mailto:avetisyan2016@gmail.com]] 9 -))) 3 +|**Acronym**|AVAWT 4 +|**Description**|Powergeneration and measurement of wind velocitywith awind turbine.Testing a structural improvementto the turbine to increase the efficiency. 5 +|**Principal Investigator (PI)**|Avetik Grigoryan ~| [[avetik@bazoomq.org>>mailto:avetik@bazoomq.org]] 6 +|**Organisation** |Bazoomq Space Research Laboratory 7 +|**Co-Investigators**|Stepan Hovsepyan ~| [[hovsepyan.s.h@gmail.com>>mailto:hovsepyan.s.h@gmail.com]] 10 10 11 11 === Summary === 12 12 ... ... @@ -15,10 +15,16 @@ 15 15 [[image:ACT_manifest.png||height="266" width="399"]] 16 16 ))) 17 17 18 - Long-term spacemissionsareknown to beassociated with healthrisks to astronautsbecause of environmentalfactors,such asradiation,microgravity,and lastingisolation.Theseriskscouldbemore aggravatingduring spaceexplorationmissions,e.g.to Mars,especiallywith limitedaccesstohealthcarefacilities.Itissuspected that space flightsandplanetarymissions couldhaveperformancedegradation andnegativeeffectsonthe cardiovascularhealthofthecrew.Therefore, thedevelopment ofbiomarker-based andphysiologicalpredictorsofhealthrisksfortheassessment ofphysiologicalconditionsisofvitalmportance.16 +Harvesting energy locally on Mars during manned Mars missions will be very important for supporting the power systems of the future Mars habitats. Delivering energy resources from Earth to Mars will be too expensive, meaning that usage of any energy sourceavailable in the Mars environment will be very useful. In addition to solar energy, wind energy could also be considered as a potential source of energy.Martian surface winds, with a wind velocitythat would correspond to about 3m/s on Earth, are not a particularly powerful mean for harvesting energyon Mars, but they could still serve as an auxiliary source. 19 19 20 -The mainobjectiveofGenes4Marsis aretrospectiveinvestigationof changesinrisk-associatedgeneexpression patternsinbloodand urinesamples fromtheAnalog Astronauts.Itwillalsoinvestigatehow wellautomatedelectrocardiogram(ECG)analysiscan beusedtomonitorastronautperformanceduringplanetary missions,andwhetherECG canbe usedas a surrogatemarkerfor dynamichangesin cardiacfunction-relatedgenes. Themembersof theflightcrew couldbe consideredas acase groupandtheback-up flightcrewmemberscouldfunction asacontrolgroup. Thesampleswillbecollectedfrom each participantat multipletimepointspre-,during andpast-missionand willbe analysed afterthemissionis completed.RNA willbe extracted fromthesamplesimmediately upon theirtransfer to thelab andanalysedfor up-or downregulatedgenes.Additionally, 12-leadandsingle-leadECGs ofeachparticipantshould be takenoneweekpriorto thestartofthemissionand each day beforend after field assignmentsoutside thehabitat. After thedofthe mission,thedatawillbe analysedusingdeep learningmethodsand pre-trainedmodelsto detectheartpathologies.Correlation andregressionanalysis will be usedto findtheassociationbetween gene expressionandphysiological parameters.18 +AVAWTtherefore wants to measure the power generation and wind velocityat the test site with a Savonius VAWT style wind turbine during the mission.These turbines are lightweight, have a simple construction and can be easily deployed and mounted on a nearby small hill or even at the top of the habitable module.To increase efficiency, a new structural improvement of the turbines is also being tested: rectangular openings are made in both blades and covered with flexible patches. These patches bend with thewind and allow the air to flow through the openingson the side where the wind blows on the blade’s convex surface. This will reduce the dynamic pressure on the convex side of the turbine, thus increasing the difference between the dynamic pressures on the turbine’s two sides and generating greater rotational momentum.With this improvement the maximum torque of the wind turbine could increase up to 60%. 21 21 20 +**Independent Experiment:** 21 + 22 +* No allocation of GOST/CRW resources or inclusion in mission plan 23 +* Under supervision of GOST CDR 24 +* Eligible for site access 25 + 22 22 23 23 24 24