Serov Mark Biography

Mark Serov is convinced that the salvation of mankind is in the orbit of the Upper Ufali. Shalash for the astronaut - hurry up, ”called a colleague from the upper Ufaley Tatyana Snegireva,“ the day after tomorrow Mark leaves. We waited for a year and a half meetings. From the very day they saw the parents of the future astronaut and told about him and his dream in the Chelyabinsk Worker for August 1 in the material under the heading "Mark will fly to Mars." And here we are in Ufaley.

The first in the corridor of a small apartment we met two -year -old Lepeuna Lenochka. Not at all embarrassed by strangers, she showed a bright cover of a children's book and explained in her bird's language that dad bought it to her. And then she waved her pen, inviting to go into the room. Unlike his active daughter, her dad was restrained in an armchair, calm. A thin smart smile and the bright eastern grandfather of Mark on the paternal line Iranian gave his eyes in him, despite his youth, he was only 30 years old, an outstanding man.

So it is: not everyone succeeds, having passed an incredible competition and other trials, to be enrolled in a group of potential astronauts and over the past one and a half years to voluntarily exhaust themselves with abnormal, from the point of view of an ordinary person, loads. However, Mark himself tells about all this quite everyday. The task is to master the basic knowledge: theoretical and practical study of the on -board systems of spaceships and stations, special types of training are flight, parachute, diving, weightlessness, and survival training.

In the final - a state exam. If everything goes successfully, I will receive the title of astronaut-test. In this place, we asked our interlocutor to interrupt and talk more about the last form of tests - survival. It turned out that everything is very simple: the spaceship lands or is expanded past the destination, and its inhabitants spend several days in anticipation of help. And all these "joys" can happen in the most unexpected and unpleasant geographical points - in the middle of the ocean, taiga or desert.

The role of the taiga for Serov and his "comrades in misfortune" was played by the snowy suburbs. The area for extremely picked up the wonderful - forest and swamps. The descent device was a skilled copy, and everything else is real - cold, meager ration and loneliness. In a real situation, one more thing will be added - the unknown. For three, one is called a wearable emergency stock.

It has six liters of water, meals for three days, camp equipment and weapons. The task is to spend time quite comfortable until they arrive behind them. The sea Robinsonade flowed differently on the basis of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. On the hydrographic vessel "Chelekin", the descent device was taken out of the port of the port and left to hang out on the waves.

Even on the deck, the crew simulated a way out of the spacecraft with a change in spacesuits to the trough "Troll". In the case of an emergency, the device is drowning! And for the body, an increase by one or two degrees can be critical. Therefore, you need to act quickly, but very carefully so as not to overheat. The second aspect is the excitement of the sea. Water is not land: you need to be able to resist on the surface.

For the trained brand and his colleagues "amphibians" tests were regularly. Like, however, and all the others. Without "hazing" what can you ask a person who knows the astronautics from the inside? Of course, first of all, about pioneers in space. Who are they for beginners - masters with indisputable authority or echo of past legends? It does not have a division into beginners and veterans.

So no cosmic "hazing". Always together. Only training takes place at different times. This is understandable: there is one simulator equipment, but the loads are different. And so we communicate with almost everyone. Including with astronauts from the first detachment - Volynov, Leonov, Shatalov. Many, who are now under 70 or more, go to the pool. So Nikolaev, until the last day, was met in a physical education complex.

His death was a great surprise for everyone. According to Mark, in the detachment there is no hint of a sense of rivalry, division into those who are prepared worse or better. And the system itself implies equally good preparation for everyone. Life in the mode of the question about its tasks in the possible flight answers clearly, as in the exam. They consist in maintaining the performance of the on-board systems of the spacecraft, ensuring scientific experiments, and repair and restoration work.

And if I don’t know something yet, there is time to learn. We tried to soften the seriousness of the conversation and asked how the household side of life is subordinate to the strict graphics of a difficult profession. That is, to what limit the future astronaut can afford to relax? So, the provision says that astronauts or candidates for astronauts are required to support flight health, and here you can’t get anywhere.

The everyday regime of the candidate for astronauts is scheduled for minutes. At seven o’clock, the rise, at eight Mark, leaves from the city near Moscow to Korolev to Star.When by train, and when a colleague is picked up by car. From nine to 18 o’clock - classes, dinner and return road home. Moreover, three days a week of karate training: Mark is professionally engaged in this type of eastern martial arts, has a third given.

But I had to refuse the competition: a possible injury can cross out a space career. The Queen of Mars could not resist in order not to ask about the payment of astronavian labor. As for the astronauts directly, the contract system is provided here. But, believe me, this is not an super -profitable occupation. The so-called cosmic garbage flies most: the waste steps of missiles, stalled satellites, some fragments of lost equipment.

So the astronauts say: "I look, like a UFO, and then I realized that this bucket with garbage flew past." It's just that there is no time to think about it. The astronaut does not have so much time to look at the porthole and wait for the appearance of an unidentified object. Basically, he looks from space to Earth. And not only during research, but also in their free time: the beauty is unusual!

There are people among the authors who really are for the astronautics, but mainly with autumn-spring exacerbations. As for sending me to Mars: in principle, such projects exist. Presumably the Martian expedition will take place no earlier than a year. If they consider it possible to enroll me in the crew, then I will not mind. You can not have time for the last train. The role of new lands can take on interorbital stations.

You can not leave the search for planets where there are opportunities for living. How do Russia and the USA contact? Who is the leader? Now cooperation is put at the forefront. We learn from them, they are with us. Another thing is that we are in different weight categories. Where they invest a billion dollars, we can only invest a million. In addition, Americans are already developing an orbital plane with a “ceiling” one hundred kilometers.

He is able to take on board several tourists with a much lower fee than a flight to the space station. Moreover, short -term weightlessness is guaranteed. What role does their psychological training play here? If a person behaves inadequately in an extreme situation, then he will tear the program. This is a big blow to the economy of the space industry. Therefore, it is no secret to anyone: mentally inadequate people do not get into the astronauts.

Personally, I have always been psychologically stable, and over the past year and a half my personal qualities have improved significantly. In the group of general cosmic training, 11 people. Nine Russians are four military pilots, three engineers, a doctor in medical biological problems, a scientist from the Russian Space Agency and two citizens of Kazakhstan.

Mark Serov is an engineer of the missile and space corporation named after Sergey Korolev. The formation of the astronaut takes place in three stages. The first is general cosmic training, the second is the preparation as part of the group. The direction of the group depends on the programs. In the case of Mark, this is the activities of the International Space Station.