Systems for Secondary Electric Power Supply of the Instruments "Zora" and "Neurolab-B" – Space Medicine

Abstract

The "Zora" and "Neurolab-B" instruments solved problems related to the study, control and prediction of astronaut health. The "Zora" instrument is a computer system for collecting and processing data from complex neurophysiological experiments: "Statokinetiks"; "Labyrinth"; "Potential"; "Leisure Time"; "Questionary", etc. The system for complex research of the psychophysiological state of astronauts "Neurolab-B" is used for scientific experiments with the help of a number of international crews. Engineering solutions are proposed according to the investigated specificity of the powered devices. Both systems have been operating on board the Mir space station – "Neurolab-B" from 1996 to 2000. New space medicine instruments used on the Russian sector of the international space station are considered. Since 2000, four new secondary power systems for space instruments have been developed at the Institute of Space Research and Technology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. They are applicable in both space physics and space medicine.