02:48Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov showcased a mechanical counter pressure suit called 'Penguin-3' explaining its purpose and effect on the body in the exclusive footage taken on board the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, November 29.
According to Borisov, the suit is designed to create mechanical pressure on the shoulders and the soles of the feet due to the tension of straps and stirrups. He added that the main purpose of the suit is to maintain the cosmonauts' myogenic tonus in zero gravity conditions.
"If you relax completely in the suit, you will become hunched with your legs bent. That's if you try to sleep in it, for example. Of course, it is uncomfortable to sleep in it, nobody sleeps in it. In order to ensure your muscles work, you try to keep your back straight all the time, like this. You resist the suit pulling you all the time, and you exercise every once in a while," he explained.
Borisov noted that in the conditions of a long space mission, a cosmonaut's height tends to increase due to the stretching of the spine due to the zero gravity.
"We can simply experience unpleasant pains due to the fact that our back is stretched. There's something, I think, that gets pinched or rotated, and it's unpleasant. And secondly, you can simply not fit in your seat and have difficulties during rehabilitation on Earth. The second thing is that our bone density decreases during a long flight in zero gravity. This suit helps to reduce this negative effect," he noted.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
Tight but indispensable! Cosmonaut Borisov showcases Penguin-3 anti-Zero-G suit *EXCLUSIVE*
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov showcased a mechanical counter pressure suit called 'Penguin-3' explaining its purpose and effect on the body in the exclusive footage taken on board the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, November 29.
According to Borisov, the suit is designed to create mechanical pressure on the shoulders and the soles of the feet due to the tension of straps and stirrups. He added that the main purpose of the suit is to maintain the cosmonauts' myogenic tonus in zero gravity conditions.
"If you relax completely in the suit, you will become hunched with your legs bent. That's if you try to sleep in it, for example. Of course, it is uncomfortable to sleep in it, nobody sleeps in it. In order to ensure your muscles work, you try to keep your back straight all the time, like this. You resist the suit pulling you all the time, and you exercise every once in a while," he explained.
Borisov noted that in the conditions of a long space mission, a cosmonaut's height tends to increase due to the stretching of the spine due to the zero gravity.
"We can simply experience unpleasant pains due to the fact that our back is stretched. There's something, I think, that gets pinched or rotated, and it's unpleasant. And secondly, you can simply not fit in your seat and have difficulties during rehabilitation on Earth. The second thing is that our bone density decreases during a long flight in zero gravity. This suit helps to reduce this negative effect," he noted.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov showcased a mechanical counter pressure suit called 'Penguin-3' explaining its purpose and effect on the body in the exclusive footage taken on board the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, November 29.
According to Borisov, the suit is designed to create mechanical pressure on the shoulders and the soles of the feet due to the tension of straps and stirrups. He added that the main purpose of the suit is to maintain the cosmonauts' myogenic tonus in zero gravity conditions.
"If you relax completely in the suit, you will become hunched with your legs bent. That's if you try to sleep in it, for example. Of course, it is uncomfortable to sleep in it, nobody sleeps in it. In order to ensure your muscles work, you try to keep your back straight all the time, like this. You resist the suit pulling you all the time, and you exercise every once in a while," he explained.
Borisov noted that in the conditions of a long space mission, a cosmonaut's height tends to increase due to the stretching of the spine due to the zero gravity.
"We can simply experience unpleasant pains due to the fact that our back is stretched. There's something, I think, that gets pinched or rotated, and it's unpleasant. And secondly, you can simply not fit in your seat and have difficulties during rehabilitation on Earth. The second thing is that our bone density decreases during a long flight in zero gravity. This suit helps to reduce this negative effect," he noted.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.