Paper describes experiments on animal subjects planned for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 mission. Laboratory equipment evaluated, and physiological experiments performed. Represents first step in establishing technology for maintaining and manipulating rodents, nonhuman primates, amphibians, and plants during space flight without jeopardizing crew's environment. In addition, experiments focus on effects of microgravity on cardiopulmonary, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal systems; on regulation of volume of blood and production of red blood cells; and on calcium metabolism and gravity receptors.
Microgravity Experiments On Animals
NASA Tech Briefs ; 15 , 4
1991-04-01
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Italian Abstracts: Microgravity Experiments
Online Contents | 1997
Russian Abstracts: Microgravity Experiments
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Japanese Microgravity Spacelab Experiments
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
|French Abstracts: Microgravity Experiments
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Japanese Abstracts: Microgravity Experiments
Online Contents | 1997