Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Baldwin, Kenneth.
The topics addressed in this issue include: 1) Biosatellites: Past, Present, and Future; 2) Plant Physiology; 3) Neural/Sensory; 4) Musculoskeletal; 5) Endocrinology/Immunology; 6) Development; 7) Cardiovascular; 8) Countermeasures/Applied; 9) Technical.
This document describes some of the life sciences research that was conducted on Spacelab missions. Dr. Larry Young, Director of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, provides an overview of the Life Sciences Spacelabs.
Presentations from the assembled group of investigators involved in specific research projeects related to skeletal muscle in space flight can categorized in thematic subtopics: regulation of contractile protein phenotypes, muscle growth and atrophy, muscle structure: injury, recovery,and regeneration, metabolism and fatigue, and motor control and loading factors.