title: [Scientific and research experimentation center of aviation and space medicine and human engineeing celebrates 80th anniversary].
abstract: The article is devoted to the history of the Research Test Center Aviation and Space Medicine and military ergonomics, now included in the Central Research Institute of the Air Force Defense Ministry. The center throughout 80 years history is a leding research organization in the country for the integrated study of the human factor in aviation and problems connected with it. The world-famous scientific schools in aviation physiology, hygiene and radiolorgy, emergency medicine, aviation psychology and ergonomics have been grounded on the basis of this center. With a high qualified scientific staff and laboratory-and-bench-scale base including unique seminatural airplanes and helicopters complexes, posters and installation simulating the impact of flight factors (centrifuge, hyperbaric chambers, shakenr vestibulyar-WIDE stands, etc.) the center has. successfully slved tasks concerning an improvement of flight crews protection from occupational hazards, ergonomic demands to capabilities of aircraft, professional and psycho-physiological training. Automatic systems of medical decision-making on assessment of the health status in the medical-flight expertise and dynamic medical supervision, planning, treatment and preventive and remedial actions aircrew training are currently 'being developed
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Zhdanko
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vorona
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Lapa
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Khomenko
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008891:Military Science / Q000266:history*; D012426:Russia; D000078329:Workforce