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Final Science Reports of the US Experiments Flown on the Russian Biosatellite Cosmos 2229Cosmos 2229 was launched on December 29, 1992, containing a biological payload including two young male rhesus monkeys, insects, amphibians, and cell cultures. The biosatellite was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia for a mission duration of 11.5 days. The major research objectives were: (1) Study of adaptive response mechanisms of mammals during flight; and (2) Study of physiological mechanisms underlying vestibular, motor system and brain function in primates during early and later adaptation phases. American scientists and their Russian collaborators conducted 11 experiments on this mission which included extensive preflight and postflight studies with rhesus monkeys. Biosamples and data were subsequently transferred to the United States. The U.S. responsibilities for this flight included the development of experiment protocols, the fabrication of some flight instrumentation and experiment-specific ground-based hardware, the conducting of preflight and postflight testing and the analysis of biospecimens and data for the U.S. experiments. A description of the Cosmos 2229 mission is presented in this report including preflight, on-orbit and postflight activities. The flight and ground-based bioinstrumentation which was developed by the U.S. and Russia is also described, along with the associated preflight testing ot the U.S. hardware. Final Science Reports for the experiments are also included.
Document ID
19970016838
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Connolly, James P. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Skidmore, Michael G. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Helwig, Denice A. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1997
Subject Category
Space Biology
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:110439
A-976106
NASA-TM-110439
Report Number: NAS 1.15:110439
Report Number: A-976106
Report Number: NASA-TM-110439
Accession Number
97N19226
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 106-30-43
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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