Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Start Date
28-4-1993 2:00 PM
End Date
28-4-1993 5:30 PM
Description
Life sciences has always been an important part of the human space program. The effects of space flight on humans were monitored from the beginning and some research was conducted in the Gemini and Apollo programs. But it was only when a space station, Skylab, was available that we were able to perform in-depth medical experiments to examine the responses of humans to space flight. Since Skylab, flight research programs have been and still are progressing toward our goals of helping astronauts live in space for long periods of time and readapt to Earth's gravity as rapidly as possible, and studying the response of living systems to microgravity.
The remaining Spacelab missions promise to build on the knowledge gained from previous missions to provide further understanding of physiologic changes occurring in and resulting from space flight. Investigation results and lessons learned from each of these missions will be used to influence future space shuttle missions and Space Station Freedom.
Paper Session II-B - Evolution of Biomedical Payloads to Expand Human Presence in Space
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Columbia/ Enterprise Rooms
Life sciences has always been an important part of the human space program. The effects of space flight on humans were monitored from the beginning and some research was conducted in the Gemini and Apollo programs. But it was only when a space station, Skylab, was available that we were able to perform in-depth medical experiments to examine the responses of humans to space flight. Since Skylab, flight research programs have been and still are progressing toward our goals of helping astronauts live in space for long periods of time and readapt to Earth's gravity as rapidly as possible, and studying the response of living systems to microgravity.
The remaining Spacelab missions promise to build on the knowledge gained from previous missions to provide further understanding of physiologic changes occurring in and resulting from space flight. Investigation results and lessons learned from each of these missions will be used to influence future space shuttle missions and Space Station Freedom.
Comments
Past and Future Payloads
Session Chairman: JoAnn H. Morgan, Director, Payloads Projects Management, NASA, Kennedy Space Center
Session Organizer: Shirley Green, Payload Support Office, NASA, Kennedy Space Center