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HEAD SPACE ANALYSIS [2 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

The U.S. Laboratory’s major initial science facilities will be the Human Research Facility, to assess crew health and to survey how the human body responds and adapts to microgravity - particularly the heart and lungs, muscles and bones, and sense of balance and body regulatory systems such as temperature control and wake-sleep cycles.

CONT

The Human Research Facility [include the following] equipment [:]a Gas Analyzer for metabolic analysis physiology[;] a Dynamometer to measure the mechanical power of arm muscles[;] a Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device to learn the exact body mass of individual crew members[;] simple instruments to draw blood and urine samples, assess pulse rate, and study balance and eye, head and body coordination.

OBS

human research facility; HRF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

HRF rack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
  • Médecine aérospatiale
OBS

[...] six étagères bourrées d'équipements [...] seront installées dans le laboratoire scientifique Destiny. L'un de ces bâtis scientifiques, dit le «Human Research Facility», servira à la conduite d'expériences biomédicales.

OBS

appareillage de recherche sur l'humain; HRF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le G roupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • appareillage de recherche sur l'Homme

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
OBS

EAPR, lexique p. 16 RA

Spanish

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