[Main areas and results of research at the Institute of Biomedical Problems in 1963-1998]

The paper features the history of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), the Russian leading institution in space biology and medicine, and the advances achieved by researchers over 35 years since its foundation. Special attention is devoted to the contribution of the Institute to the establishment of international co-operation in human space flight and space life sciences. Future of the space life sciences and humans in space is outlined.