Before Man flew. The chimpanzee "Ham" was the live test subject for the Mercury Redstone 2 flight on January 31, 1961. Here the 17-kg (37-pound) primate is fitted into a special "biopack" couch prior to flight. The 680-kilometer (420 statute miles) suborbital mission was a significant accomplishment in the American route to manned spaceflight. |
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Travellar's reward. Ham reaches for an apple following his brief ride in space. |
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Biomedical research in space. Owen Garriott ties in the Lower Body Negative Pressure Device aboard the Earth-orbiting Skylab. The instrument was used to monitor the time course of cardiovascular adaptation to spaceflight and to predict the degree of difficulty to be encountered during and after return to Earth. |
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Only way to jog. Pete Conrad exercises on the astronauts' bicycle ergometer in-side the Skylab Workshop. |
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Using his head. Weightless in Skylab, Owen Garriott supports him self on the bicycle ergometer by pressing against the compartment "above" him. |
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The hatch is open. David Scott's extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 Earth orbital mission takes place with the Mississippi River valley in the center background. |
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Behind straps and bars. Alan Bean "weighs" himself on a mass measuring device aboard Skylab. |
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Life and breath in space. Measurements of gas exchange and heart activity are made as astronaut Bean pedals the bicycle ergometer. |
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Mess call. Oven Garriott reconstitutes a container of freeze-dried food at the crew quarters wardroom table in Skylab. |
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