Fogarty stressed that in the course of the experiment, researchers are trying to artificially isolate mission members, restricting their communication with family members and the rest of the outside world.

It is expected that this experiment will help to understand how a group of people can function together in isolation.

At the same time, the representative of NASA noted the importance of participation in the mission of representatives of different countries for the expansion of research opportunities.

She also expressed the opinion that on the ISS, the astronauts are not as detached from the outside world as the members of this mission.

“The International Space Station is not so isolated ... Astronauts have the opportunity to communicate almost in real time, they have satellite phones, video and audio communication with the Earth,” she says.

However, according to her, it is in the conditions of isolation that it is possible to trace changes in team spirit, evaluate the participants' reaction to stressful circumstances and predict their behavior in conditions of limited resources.

In late January, it became known about the decision of the NASA Human Research Program to take part in a series of Russian experiments in the field of space.