On Wednesday , six Russian women start an eight - dayexperimentonboard a mock ballistic capsule to examine how an all - female crew fare with the physical , social and psychological form of long - draw spaceflight .
The squad will do 10 scientific experiments to imitate the atmospheric pressure of work on a spaceflight to the Moon and back . They will also have 1.5 hours per day of detached time , where they can watch films , read and socialize .
Thewomen , age between 22 to 34 , are Yelena Luchitskaya , Darya Komissarova , Polina Kuznetsova , Anna Kussmaul , Inna Nosikova , and Tatyana Shiguyeva – all of whom have expertness in medicine , biophysics or psychology .
The cleaning lady will be let out next Thursday . For now , however , the participants will be in a woodwind - lined ballistic capsule that ’s outfit with tv camera and will be under constant observation from scientist and doctors .
Experiment executive program Sergei Ponomaryovexplained , “ Such a crew is taking part for the first metre in a computer simulation experiment . It ’s interesting for us to see what is special about the way a female crew communicates . ”
Valentina Tereshkova , a Russian astronaut , was the first charwoman into quad in 1963 , just two old age after Yuri Gagarin became the first humanity in infinite . Since then , 40 adult female – from a range of countries – have been to space .
Ponomaryovadded , “ There ’s never been an all - female crew on the ISS . We consider the future of infinite belongs equally to men and women and regrettably we postulate to catch up a bit after a period when regrettably there have n’t been too many women in space . ”
However , if you thought exceedingly intelligent and highly prepare charwoman were free from sexism , you ’re improper .
Institute Director Igor Ushakov said , “ It will be peculiarly interesting in terms of psychological science . They say that in one kitchen , two housewives regain it toilsome to live together . ”
The press league before the start of the deputation alsofeatured questionslike , “ How will you grapple with being without constitution for eight day ? ” and “ How will you cope with not being around man ? ”
“ We are very beautiful without make-up , ” Darya Komissarova respond to the first dubiousness . While her fellow worker , Anna Kussmaul , said : “ We are doing employment . When you ’re doing your work , you do n’t think about humans and women . ”
This is n’t the first time the issue of sexism in space has been raised . Yelena Serova , the first Russian charwoman onboard the International Space Station , complained about the mediabombarding her with superficial questionsbecause of her gender , such as if she ’s worried how she ’ll launder her hair onboard the ISS
