{"id":296221,"date":"2023-01-01T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=296221"},"modified":"2023-07-25T14:34:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T18:34:31","slug":"about-nek-sirius","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/about-nek-sirius\/","title":{"rendered":"About NEK & SIRIUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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class=\"usa-nav__submenu\" hidden><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/destinations\/\">Destinations<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/spaceships-and-rockets\/\">Spaceships and Rockets<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/news-and-events\/\">News and Events<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/humans-in-space-multimedia\/\">Multimedia<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout NEK and SIRIUS\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay 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Behind them to the left is an entrance to the NEK facility. Credit: Oleg Voloshin (IBMP)\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nekandsirius.png 799w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nekandsirius.png?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nekandsirius.png?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nekandsirius.png?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nekandsirius.png?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Location: Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment: Closed Habitat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hazards Tested: Isolation & Confinement. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Description: Nazemnyy Eksperimental\u2019nyy Kompleks, or NEK, is a unique, multi-compartment facility used as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/step-1-earth-analogs-help-advance-missions-to-moon-mars\">analog<\/a> for isolation, confinement, and remote conditions in exploration scenarios. For a study of this kind, it offers unique aspects which are paramount to meeting NASA\u2019s long-term goals of sending multicultural crews to the Moon, and eventually Mars. The pressurized facility can accommodate large international crews and operate for long-duration missions of more than one year. The crew members are physically isolated from the outside world and have limited communication beyond NEK\u2019s walls. This allows the crew members to feel as if they are in an actual spaceflight environment.Missions through the Scientific International Research In a Unique terrestrial Station, or SIRIUS, represent an international, multicultural series of studies researching the effects of isolation and confinement on human psychology, physiology and team dynamics to help prepare for long-duration space exploration. A recently completed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/sirius\"> four-month mission<\/a> occurred from March to July 2019. The six international crew members reported for training in January, prior to the start of the mission. Other NEK missions in the SIRIUS series will be longer in duration, lasting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/analogs\/nek\/participate\">eight months<\/a> and one year. With an international crew, the series of research will focus on studying multicultural team dynamics in an isolation environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/analogs\/nek\/research\">Research<\/a>: The goals of the SIRIUS missions involve studying behavioral health and performance in an isolated environment over long periods of time. Assessments will specifically focus on team dynamics, physical and mental effects of prolonged exposure to confinement, sensory deprivation, monotony, and limited communication with the outside world. This also allows the development of countermeasures, which can be validated in flight. This type of research is important, since crews that will explore beyond low-Earth orbit will be international in composition, and will be more isolated and confined than humans have ever been.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History: NEK, built in the 1960s, has a long history of conducting isolation studies and was built for this exact purpose. Previous missions include the Mars-500 Project that lasted 520 days. This was an analog study involving three missions conducted between 2007 and 2011, in preparation for an unspecified future human spaceflight to Mars. The first mission of Mars-500 was 14 days, followed by a 105-day mission. The final Mars-500 mission, which simulated a 520-day human mission, was conducted by an all-male crew consisting of three Russians, a Frenchman, an Italian, and a Chinese citizen. The experiment yielded important data on the physiological, social and psychological effects of long-term, close-quarters isolation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Stages of the project:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>November 2017: <\/strong>17 days (completed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2019: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/sirius\">4 months<\/a> (completed)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2021-2022: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/analogs\/nek\/participate\">8 months<\/a> (planned ingress November 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2022-2023: <\/strong>12 months<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023-2025: <\/strong>possible additional annual missions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/sirius_19_booklet.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">SIRIUS-19 Booklet <\/a>(PDF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Messages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1. The SIRIUS missions are an international and multicultural spaceflight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/analogs\">analog<\/a> project, paramount to NASA\u2019s long-term goals of sending humans to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-s-human-research-program-three-steps-to-mars\">Moon and Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. The SIRIUS missions are an integral component in understanding how the human body and mind adapt to increasing durations in spaceflight missions with crews from different countries and cultures. This knowledge will help prepare humanity for long-duration space exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The SIRIUS missions offer a unique environment to study the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/hrp\/5-hazards-of-human-spaceflight\">hazards of human spaceflight<\/a>, especially the effects of isolation and confinement, which will help reduce risk and ensure safety of astronauts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/johnson\/people-of-johnson\/from-psychology-to-space-alexandra-whitmires-journey-and-impact-in-nasas-human-research-program\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/jsc2018e085216.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/plugins\/nasa-blocks\/assets\/images\/topic-cards\/topic-card-sample-1.jpg\" ><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Humans in Space<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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