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Belarusian dairy products may be added to the diet of astronauts
28.03.2024 08:51
It is quite possible that in the foreseeable future the cosmonauts’ diet will be supplemented with Belarusian dairy products.
Beyond the Earth, the conquerors of weightlessness will enjoy, for example, yoghurts, cottage cheese or kefir produced in the Republic of Belarus.
And the first female cosmonaut in the history of Belarus, Marina Vasilevskaya, who recently arrived at the ISS, will conduct a number of corresponding biotechnological experiments there.
This was reported on a news program on the STV channel.
Experiment
According to the information provided in the story, Marina will focus on working with strains of probiotics, lactic acid microorganisms and bifidobacteria.
On Earth, they are used to make dairy products.
The goal of the experiment is to find out how effectively these strains can “act” in conditions of weightlessness.
It is expected that the research will help Belarusian scientists in developing additional nutrition for cosmonauts.
This is especially relevant in connection with the tangible benefits of dairy products for the human body, whose immunity decreases in space, and various disorders and dysbacteriosis appear.
Comments from scientists
And the creation of such a product will improve the situation, said Elena Biryuk, head of the laboratory of the Institute of Meat and Dairy Industry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Currently, experiments in this area outside of Earth are at the first stage; it is being determined whether “our cultures” will take root in zero gravity.
This is how the head of the biotechnology department of the said institute, Natalia Zhabanos, described the current situation.
Therefore, conditions are now being created in space for storage and cultivation with the aim of obtaining space strains of cultures.
It is necessary to compare whether this entire environment affects the crops. And how they will differ from terrestrial samples, the specialist said.
Earlier it became known how anyone can prepare a perfectly delicious milk soup.
