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Spacelab Life Sciences 1: The Stepping Stone
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The Spacelab Life Sciences missions are intended to support Life Sciences experiments. The Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1) mission originated with a call to the scientific community for experiments in 1978. Accepted experiments involved humans, primates, rodents, amphibians, and plants. The original payload configuration has been reduced to include human, passive rodent, and basic biology experiments and engineering evaluations.
Human experiments will address effects of micro-gravity on various physiological parameters during and postflight. Investigations with nonhuman subjects will study microgravity effects on the cardiopulmonary, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal systems, on the regulation of blood volume and erythropoiesis, and on calcium metabolism and gravity receptors.
SLS-1 will serve as a stepping stone in establishing capabilities for flying nonhuman subjects and performing in-flight manipulations on these subjects without jeopardizing the crew environment. Fundamental technology incorporated in the animal holding facilities and laboratory work bench will be used in subsequent missions and in the future Space Station.
Authors
- B. P. Dalton - NASA Ames Research Center Mollett Field. California
- H. Leon - NASA Ames Research Center Mollett Field. California
- R. Hogan - NASA Ames Research Center Mollett Field. California
- B. Clarke - NASA Ames Research Center Mollett Field. California
- D. Tollinger - NASA Ames Research Center Mollett Field. California
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Dalton, B., Leon, H., Hogan, R., Clarke, B. et al., "Spacelab Life Sciences 1: The Stepping Stone," SAE Technical Paper 881026, 1988, https://doi.org/10.4271/881026.Also In
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- Harnage, M. Jay Jr. Spacelab Mission 4 Definition Study Report Summary November 1982
- Spacelab Life Sciences-1 Payioad Integrated Experiments Requirements Document ADE-82-50-002 Rev. 2 February 17 1988
- Spacelab Life Sciences Mission 1, NASA Ames Research Center Payioad Familiarization Manual Book II, ADD-88-50-016 March 1988
- Savage, P. D. Jr. Dalton, B. Hogan, R. Leon, H. Spacelab Life Sciences-2 ARC Payioad - An Overview, Session 11 ESS 18 th Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems San Francisco July 11–13 1988
- Ames Research Center Life Sciences Payioad Test and Operations Support Plan, Vol. I for SL-4 ADP-83-05-028 May 30 1984
- Ames Research Center, Life Sciences Projects Test and Operations Support Plan, Vol. I - Operations ADP-86-50-056 September 26 1986