The Research Animal Holding Facility, developed to support rodent and squirrel monkey animal husbandry in the Spacelab environment, is to be tested during the Spacelab Mission 3 flight. The configuration and function of the payload hardware elements, the assembly and test program, the operational rationale, and the scientific approach of this mission are examined. Topics covered include animal life support systems, the squirrel monkey restraint, the camera-mirror system, the dynamic environment measurement system, the biotelemetry system, and the ground support equipment. Consideration is also given to animal pretests, loading the animals during their 12 hour light cycle, and animal early recovery after landing. This mission will be the first time that relatively large samples of monkeys and rats will be flown in space and also cared for and observed by man.


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    Title :

    Ames Research Center Life Sciences Payload Project for Spacelab Mission 3


    Contributors:
    Callahan, P. X. (author) / Tremor, J. (author) / Lund, G. (author) / Wagner, W. L. (author)

    Publication date :

    1983-07-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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