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Psychological support to the crew is crucial for space mission accomplishment and cosmonauts’ professional longevity. In advance of remote space exploration missions we need to sum up and organize the accumulated experience of psychological support at the current stage of astronautic development. The paper gives a retrospect of the psychological support to space crews of piloted space systems/vehicles and highlights its basic goals and methods.
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Karpova, O.I., Rozanov, I.A., Shved, D.M. et al. Psychological Support to the Crews of a Piloted Space System: History, Goals, Objectives, and Effectiveness. Hum Physiol 48, 801–808 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119722070052
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