Physiological considerations suggest that the response of the vestibular system can be substantially modified during weightlessness and that such modifications affect susceptibility to motion sickness and to judgment of spatial localization. Evaluation of such effects requires measurement of responses to rotational accelerations before, during, and after exposure to conditions of prolonged zero-gravity. For this purpose, a precisely controlled rotating chair was designed, constructed, tested, and installed in the Skylab Orbital Workshop. The chair was used in three test modes to measure changes in the vestibular (balance) organs of the astronauts.
Skylab experiment M131: Rotating little chair
1977-01-01
Miscellaneous
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English
Skylab experiment integration overview
| NTRS | 1974
Skylab Experiment Operations Handbook
| NTRS | 1972
Skylab remote bathymetry experiment
| NTRS | 1976
The Skylab experiment program.
| NTRS | 1972
Skylab sleep monitoring experiment (experiment M133)
| NTRS | 1975