NSSDCA ID: 1973-027A-58
Mission Name: SkylabThis Skylab experiment investigated crew performance in zero gravity, long duration missions, primarily through observations of normal Skylab tasks. It was related closely to M151 (73-027A-30) and M487 (73-027A-35). The experiment called for -- systematic documentation of man's performance during prolonged weightless space flight, acquisition of inflight maintenance data, evaluation of data relative to design criteria for Skylab and future missions, and evaluation and report of findings in terms useful to future manned mission planners. Performance data was gathered in the areas of manual dexterity, locomotion, mass handling and transfer, and maintenance. M516 was handled in the following phases -- (1) crew performance data acquired during simulations and training session was used to establish baseline data for comparison with data acquired inflight, (2) M516 used film coverage provided by various other experiments and operational activities which related to crew performance activities, (3) postflight, the crewmen provided subjective and technical comments during debriefing regarding crew performance activities.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Mr. Robert L. Bond | Principal Investigator | NASA Johnson Space Center |