Spacelab Life Sciences 1 - Dedicated life sciences missionThe Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1) mission is discussed, and an overview of the SLS-1 Spacelab configuration is shown. Twenty interdisciplinary experiments, planned for this mission, are intended to explore the early stages of human and animal physiological adaptation to space flight conditions. Biomedical and gravitational biology experiments include cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary deconditioning, altered vestibular functions, altered metabolic functions (including altered fluid-electrolyte regulation), muscle atrophy, bone demineralization, decreased red blood cell mass, and altered immunologic responses.
Document ID
19910025384
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Womack, W. D. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)