To support the medical research and the maintenance of crew health during the three Skylab missions, a medical operational support team was organized. The functions of this team ranged from medical data management to medical systems engineering monitoring during the flights. The capability to expand preflight and postflight medical research and analysis was supplied through the use of the Skylab mobile laboratories. These mobile laboratories were not only capable of being transported to the recovery ship for postflight use, but also served as a preflight test area for gathering crewman baseline data. The laboratories contained experiment hardware identical to that of the flight orbital workshop and a laboratory diagnostic facility that duplicated many of the capabilities of ground-based clinical laboratories.


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    Title :

    Skylab medical operational support


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Annual Meeting ; 1974 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1974-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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