The Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP, also IBMP; ) is an institution of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...
. The IMBP is the leading organization in Russia for conducting fundamental research in the field of
space biology and medicine; medical and biological support of
crewed space flights; development of methods and means of ensuring safety and life, preserving health and maintaining human performance in extreme conditions. Founded in 1963, it is based at 76a, Khoroshevskoe Shosse in Moscow.
, its director was Oleg Igorevich Orlov. It is known in the West particularly for the
MARS-500
The MARS-500 mission was a psychosocial isolation experiment conducted between 2007 and 2011 by Russia, the European Space Agency, and China, in preparation for an unspecified future crewed spaceflight to the planet Mars. The experiment's ...
experiment simulating crewed flight to Mars.
References
External links
* http://www.imbp.ru/
Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1963 establishments in the Soviet Union
Space medicine
Medical research institutes in the Soviet Union
Soviet and Russian space institutions
Space technology research institutes
Research institutes established in 1963
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