The physical exercise and medical monitoring programs conducted during the Salyut-6-Soyuz space flight are discussed. A special suit for physical exercise which provides a load in the longitudinal direction of the body is described. A vacuum device to create reduced pressure and thus prevent disruption of blood circulation is reported. Medical examination of the cosmonauts upon landing and their reported health is discussed.
Salyut-6-Soyuz: Our commentary
1979-10-01
Miscellaneous
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English
Dynamic analysis of Apollo-Salyut/Soyuz docking
NTRS | 1972
|First East-German in space -- Soyuz 31 to Salyut 6
Online Contents | 2003
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