Comparative evaluation of the circulatory reaction during work in weightlessness and in the mockup of the Saliut station

: Comparative evaluations of circulation responses of 22 operators and 13 cosmonauts to simulated and real flights onboard Salyut station revealed significant differences. By the end of flight cardiovascular responses of the operators showed signs of their increased conditioning, whereas the cosmonauts exhibited symptoms of circulation tension, which were particularly expressed during the first week and by the end of flight. Operators' activities in an orbital station mockup cannot be considered an adequate model for cardiovascular studies.