COSMONAUT AS A RESEARCHER AND TEST-PILOT IN SPACE: FLIGHT EXPERIENCE ON THE ISS

摘要

This paper explores an ISS crewmember's creative role in the capacity of a test-pilot and a researcher in space onthe basis of real flight experience, unveils their ability to vitalize a transition from the paradigm "human in spaceis a component of the machine under the ground control" to the paradigm "human in space making autonomousdecisions with the help of the vehicle controlled by him/her and recommendations of ground infrastructures".This transition is critical for implementation of journeys beyond the low Earth orbit.