General Information

Serial #

2605A09472

Part Number

2

Total Parts

24

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS, METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

34.0 cm

Width

27.0 cm

Height

7.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Space Technology

Category

Manned spacecraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Hewlett Packard

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1992

Canada

CANADIAN DESIGNED SET OF MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS WHICH WAS CANADA'S CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL MICROGRAVITY LABORATORY ON U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE. EQUIPMENT WAS DESIGNED AT AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY; FLIGHT & FLIGHT ALTERNATE MODELS WERE BUILT BY CANADIAN FIRM CAE ELECTRONICS OF MONTREAL.

Function

EQUIPMENT USED DURING SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT IN GROUP OF SPACE PHYSIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY ON HUMAN BODY - SPACE ADAPTATION SYNDROME. EXPERIMENTS INCLUDED SLED EXP., ROTATION EXP., VISUAL STIMULATOR EXP., PROPRIOCEPTION (RELAXED) EXP., PROPRIOCEPTION (ACTIVE) EXP., PROPRIOCEPTION (ILLUSIONS) EXP., & TACTILE ACUITY EXP.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Cable labeled: ‘ASE-C/2' & ‘SASE-C/ s/n 001/ DIGITAL/ DATA/ CABLE'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LIGHT GREY CASING, GREY KEYS, WHITE PARTS, YELLOW SCREEN, PLATED PARTS

Decoration

N/A