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Collection:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Title:
STS-40 Mission Specialist (MS) Seddon on ergometer conducts Exp. No. 066
Description:
Astride the bicycle ergometer, STS-40 Mission Specialist (MS) M. Rhea Seddon breathes into the cardiovascular rebreathing unit (CRU) during the exercise phase of Experiment No. 066, Inflight Study of Cardiovascular Deconditioning. It focuses on the deconditioning of the heart and lungs and changes in cardiopulmonary function that occur upon return to Earth. By using noninvasive techniques of prolonged expiration and rebreathing, investigators can determine the amount of blood pumped out of the heart (cardiac output), the ease with which blood flows through all the vessels (total peripheral resistance), oxygen used and carbon dioxide released by the body, and lung function and volume changes. Measurements are made both while crewmembers are resting and while they pedal the ergometer. Shirtless, MS James P. Bagian conducts a second experiment in the background.
Date Taken:
1991-06-14
Program:
Shuttle
Mission:
STS-040
Subject Terms:
ASTRONAUTS
Subject Terms:
CREW
Subject Terms:
PROCEDURES
Subject Terms:
ONBOARD
Subject Terms:
ACTIVITIES
Subject Terms:
(INFLIGHT)
Subject Terms:
SPACEBORNE
Subject Terms:
EXPERIMENTS
Subject Terms:
CREWS
Subject Terms:
ERGOMETERS
Subject Terms:
(ORBITER)
Subject Terms:
SPACELAB
Subject Terms:
COLUMBIA
Subject Terms:
STS-40
facet_who:
Rhea Seddon
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Rhea
facet_what:
Mission Specialist
facet_what:
STS-40
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Rhea
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Photo ID:
STS040-211-019
Film Type:
35mm
UID:
SPD-JSC-STS040-211-0 19
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STS-40 Mission Specialist (MS) Seddon on ergometer conducts Exp. No. 066