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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]]
	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]]
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9	9	=== Summary ===
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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.
	18	+Long-term space missions are known to be associated with health risks to astronauts because of environmental factors, such as radiation, microgravity, and lasting isolation. These risks could be more aggravating during spaceexplorationmissions, e.g.to Mars, especially with limited access to healthcare facilities. It is suspected that space flights and planetary missions could have performance degradation and negative effects on the cardiovascular health of the crew.Therefore, the development of biomarker-based and physiological predictors of health risks for the assessment of physiological conditions is of vital importance.
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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%.
	20	+The main objective of Genes4Mars is a retrospective investigation of changes inrisk-associated gene expression patterns in blood and urine samples from the Analog Astronauts. It will also investigate how well automated electrocardiogram (ECG)analysis can be used to monitor astronaut performanceduring planetary missions, and whether ECG can be used as a surrogate marker for dynamic changes in cardiacfunction-related genes. The members of the flight crew could be considered as a case group and the back-up flight crew members could function as a control group. The samples will be collected from each participant at multiple time points pre-, during and past-mission and will be analysed after the mission is completed. RNA will be extracted from the samples immediately upon their transfer to the lab and analysed for up-or downregulated genes. Additionally, 12-lead and single-lead ECGs of each participant should be taken one week prior to the start of the mission and each day before and after field assignments outside the habitat. After the end of the mission, the data will be analysed using deep learning methods and pre-trained models to detect heart pathologies. Correlation and regression analysis will be used to find the association between gene expression and physiological parameters.
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20		-**Independent Experiment:**
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22		-* No allocation of GOST/CRW resources or inclusion in mission plan
23		-* Under supervision of GOST CDR
24		-* Eligible for site access
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