٠٠:٠٤:٣١Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, who recently returned from his mission to the International Space Station (ISS), discussed some of the emergency drills - including a simulated ISS depressurisation - carried out by crews at the Cosmonaut Training Centre in Zvezdny Gorodok on Monday.
Footage shows Borisov with the simulators and the control centre, as well as cosmonauts preparing for a training exercise.
"There's a drill going on to practise the crew's response to depressurisation," explained Borisov, "The sound of the emergency alarm has ended, which means that someone from the crew has pressed the 'acknowledge' button confirming that they have heard it and now they are acting according to the protocol, which requires them to work out all their actions to the point of [them] being automatic."
According to the cosmonaut, the training is a regular feature of preparing for a mission.
"During the year and a half of training, we devote more than 100 hours to this type of training - crew reaction to emergency situations that occur if there is a fire, depressurisation or ammonia release at the station. At the same time, the drills are continued in space," Konstantin revealed.
Borisov noted that the instructors give feedback to each cosmonaut following every drill.
"At the end of each training session, there will be a debriefing to tell the crew where they did well, what can be improved, what can be corrected, how it applies to the real situation in practice," he said.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27, 2023.
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.
The mission lasted 199 days. On March 12, the crew returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Borisov's expedition officially concludes at the end of the month after his full recovery - before he goes on a much-deserved extended vacation!
Practice makes perfect! Back on Earth, Russian cosmonaut Borisov explains depressurisation drills *EXCLUSIVE*
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, who recently returned from his mission to the International Space Station (ISS), discussed some of the emergency drills - including a simulated ISS depressurisation - carried out by crews at the Cosmonaut Training Centre in Zvezdny Gorodok on Monday.
Footage shows Borisov with the simulators and the control centre, as well as cosmonauts preparing for a training exercise.
"There's a drill going on to practise the crew's response to depressurisation," explained Borisov, "The sound of the emergency alarm has ended, which means that someone from the crew has pressed the 'acknowledge' button confirming that they have heard it and now they are acting according to the protocol, which requires them to work out all their actions to the point of [them] being automatic."
According to the cosmonaut, the training is a regular feature of preparing for a mission.
"During the year and a half of training, we devote more than 100 hours to this type of training - crew reaction to emergency situations that occur if there is a fire, depressurisation or ammonia release at the station. At the same time, the drills are continued in space," Konstantin revealed.
Borisov noted that the instructors give feedback to each cosmonaut following every drill.
"At the end of each training session, there will be a debriefing to tell the crew where they did well, what can be improved, what can be corrected, how it applies to the real situation in practice," he said.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27, 2023.
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.
The mission lasted 199 days. On March 12, the crew returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Borisov's expedition officially concludes at the end of the month after his full recovery - before he goes on a much-deserved extended vacation!
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov, who recently returned from his mission to the International Space Station (ISS), discussed some of the emergency drills - including a simulated ISS depressurisation - carried out by crews at the Cosmonaut Training Centre in Zvezdny Gorodok on Monday.
Footage shows Borisov with the simulators and the control centre, as well as cosmonauts preparing for a training exercise.
"There's a drill going on to practise the crew's response to depressurisation," explained Borisov, "The sound of the emergency alarm has ended, which means that someone from the crew has pressed the 'acknowledge' button confirming that they have heard it and now they are acting according to the protocol, which requires them to work out all their actions to the point of [them] being automatic."
According to the cosmonaut, the training is a regular feature of preparing for a mission.
"During the year and a half of training, we devote more than 100 hours to this type of training - crew reaction to emergency situations that occur if there is a fire, depressurisation or ammonia release at the station. At the same time, the drills are continued in space," Konstantin revealed.
Borisov noted that the instructors give feedback to each cosmonaut following every drill.
"At the end of each training session, there will be a debriefing to tell the crew where they did well, what can be improved, what can be corrected, how it applies to the real situation in practice," he said.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27, 2023.
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.
The mission lasted 199 days. On March 12, the crew returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Borisov's expedition officially concludes at the end of the month after his full recovery - before he goes on a much-deserved extended vacation!