Russia tests all-female crew on the Moon

The six-woman crew will spend eight days in a mock spacecraft simulating flight conditions and performing tasks to assess their suitability.

Six beautiful young female astronauts wave before entering the simulated flight. Photo: newsapi.

According to The Guardian, this is the first test with an all-female crew, designed to "test the psychology of the female body". The participants will be taken out next Thursday.

"It will be interesting to see how they live together and how well they cope with tasks. We believe that women are no worse than men in performing tasks in space, and may even do better," said Sergei Ponomarev, scientific director of the Moon-2015 project. The Soviet Union sent the first woman into space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963.

Earlier this week, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced plans to send humans to the Moon by 2029. The spacecraft for the mission is currently under construction and will make its first flight in 2021.

Russia and the European Space Agency are planning a joint lunar research project using an unmanned spacecraft in 2020, aiming to conduct a number of tests to determine whether the Moon can become a human settlement.

The six-woman crew was selected from 10 potential candidates after rigorous testing over the past few weeks. All are attractive young women working in the medical or biophysical fields. The crew is expected to conduct 30 scientific experiments during the simulated flight. The mock spacecraft is equipped with cameras, and the participants will be monitored remotely by doctors and psychologists.

"I don't know how we would survive without shampoo. Because even in this situation, we really still want to look beautiful," said Anna Kussmaul, a crew member.

According to VnExpress