The researchers analyzed data from fecal samples of six crew members from Russia, Europe, and China.
The crew lived in a completely sealed habitat in Moscow from June 2010 to November 2011 to simulate a manned mission to Mars, which international space agencies hope to make in the 2030s. Their confinement was the longest ever conducted with humans under controlled conditions.
The goal: to test the impact of living cut off from the world on physiological and psychological health. Previous studies have shown that, in the end, all six crew members emerged with major alterations in their body mass, muscle strength, and other indicators.
MONTREAL Suzanne Legge and Jeff Orr knew they had to do something when coronavirus progressed into a pandemic. “As the pandemic and COVID came out, it really exploded onto our dining room tables, if you will,” said Legge. “We’re all talking about it. Over the next 8 years, the Montreal couple will donate a total of $1 million. This year, the funding will go to McGill University’s Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity, often referred to as MI4. Dr. Donald Sheppard is the director of MI4. “We launched our COVID response back in January 2020, believe it or not,” said Sheppard. “Before it even hit Canada and long before people were convinced it was going to be a pandemic.”