However, the program can be changed depending on the state of health during post-flight examinations, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center said.
MOSCOW, February 1. /tass/. There are no plans to increase the rehabilitation time of Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, who will return to Earth at the end of March after almost a year of flight. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).
"The terms of post-flight rehabilitation of Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov will not be increased, but the rehabilitation program provides for an individual approach to each cosmonaut and can be changed depending on their state of health during post-flight examinations," the CPC said in response to a corresponding question.
According to the press service, the rehabilitation of astronauts after a long space flight is carried out in two stages. "The first (acute) stage of rehabilitation, which will last 21 days, will be carried out by Peter Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov on the basis of the complex of pre-launch training and post-flight rehabilitation of astronauts in Star City," they explained.
The second (sanatorium-resort) stage, the Cosmonaut Training Center noted, will take place in the conditions of the sea coast or the middle mountains of Russia. Rehabilitation after almost a year of flight will be different by restorative measures aimed at restoring muscle tone, coordination and statokinetic functions, speed and strength qualities of astronauts, the press service added.
"Restorative and therapeutic measures in the conditions of the sanatorium (the second stage) will differ and be built taking into account the general condition of the cosmonaut and his dynamics of restoring functions, in compliance with the principles of complexity, systematicity, consistency, as well as individualization of the appointment of rehabilitation measures and physiotherapy procedures," the CPC concluded.
The landing of the Soyuz MS-19 lander on Earth is scheduled for March 30. Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, as well as American astronaut Mark Vande Hai, will return to Earth on it. Dubrov and Vande Hai arrived at the ISS on April 9 last year on the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft together with cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky. Members of the film crew returned to Earth on this ship in the fall - actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, who arrived at the station on the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft on October 5 with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.
