Cosmonaut Space Training: The Medical

The Medical - What to Expect

Note: Any individual seeking a thorough analysis of their health condition may apply for testing. No interest in space travel is required. The total cost of tests is a fraction of what it would cost to have testing completed in a US hospital.

Applications for testing and full payment is requested no less than thirty days in advance so the IMBP can prepare for your arrival. A patient/applicant must have the following documents:

Complete medical history
Data on the psychiatric illnesses, alcohol and drug history
Recent urine and blood analyses
Analysis for AIDS, RW, HbS-antigen, antigen to C hepatitis
Ultrasonic examination, ECG

The following examinations are performed in the IMBP:

Clinical blood analysis
Urine analysis
Feces analysis
Biochemical blood analysis
ECG
Echo-ECG
Ultrasonic examination of internal organs, small pelvis, parathyroid gland
Bycicle-ergometry
Ortho-test
EEG
Gastroscopy
Audiometry
Vestibular tests
Tests in pressurized chamber
Testing in centrifuge
X-ray
Ultrasonic doplerography of vessels
Additional testing, as required
Specialists' examination (general practitioner, ear, nose and throat specialist; neurologist; surgery; ophthalmologist, psychologist, gynecologist for women; urologist for men, and others)

The head of medical testing: Voronkov Yuri Ivanovich - Head of Department for Cosmonauts' Selection, Doctor of Medical Sciences.

Principle Investigator is Dobrokvashina Elena Ivanovna - Cosmonaut Researcher, Candidate for Medical Sciences.

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