Accession Number:

ADA532151

Title:

Space Flight Research Relevant to Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. With Particular Reference to Skylab's Life Science Experiments

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING

Report Date:

1979-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

57.0

Abstract:

In the following pages Dr. Wayne D. Van Huss and Dr. William W. Heusner, Professors of Physical Education, Michigan State University, and active researchers in MSUs Human Energy Research Laboratory, provide for the professional fields of health, physical education, and recreation an overview of the NASA studies that deal with the effects of space flight on the human organism. The authors orient their readers to the setting of these life science studies, particularly Skylabs experiments, within the space programs vast range of projects and their numerous societal benefits.

Subject Categories:

  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Medicine and Medical Research
  • Astronautics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE