The Skylab food system, waste management system, operational bioinstrumentation, personal hygiene provisions, in-flight medical support system, and the cardiovascular counterpressure garment worn during reentry are described. The medical experiments program provided scientific data and also served as the basis for real-time decisions on flight duration. Premission support, in-flight operational support, and postflight medical activities are surveyed. Measures devised to deal with possible food spoilage, medical instrument damage, and toxic atmosphere caused by the initial failures on the Orbital Workshop (OWS) are discussed. The major medical experiments performed in flight allowed the study of physiological changes as a function of exposure to weightless flight. The experiments included studies of the cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal and fluid/electrolyte balance, sleep, blood, vestibular system, and time and motion studies.


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    Title :

    Medical results of the Skylab program


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Astronautical Federation, International Astronautical Congress ; 1974 ; Amsterdam, Netherlands


    Publication date :

    1974-09-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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