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The engineering development of the 9-channel detector array is documented. The development of the array demonstrates the feasibility of a self scanned multi-element infrared detector focal plane. Procedures for operating the array are outlined.
The payloads tentatively planned to fly on the first two Spacelab missions were analyzed to examine the cost relationships of providing mission operations support from onboard vs the ground-based Payload Operations Control Center (POCC). The quantitative results indicate that use of a POCC, with data processing capability, to support real-time mission operations is the most cost effective case.
A 9 channel demonstration of 10 micrometer photoconductive mercury cadmium telluride detector array, bipolar preamplifiers, and a Si CCD multiplexer, integrated into a focal plane assembly and operating at 105 K and at 17 Hz is reported. The result of a direct coupling experiment between a 5-micrometer photovoltaic mercury cadmium telluride photodiode and a CCD is revealed. No appreciable degradation in the signal-to-noise ratio was experienced.
Manned orbital laboratory centrifuge radius effects on astronaut performance of entry tasks from Apollo entry simulation tests
Thermal comfort zone test for helium-oxygen and nitrogen-oxygen atmospheric mixture for 18-day continuous manned run
Human physiological response during periods of silicone immersion and bed rest
Periodic centrifugation effect on cardiovascular functions of man during bed rest
Effects of centrifuge radius on entry task performance - discrete response task, tracking task, and transfer of training effects
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Engineering and biomedical studies of therapeutic and training potential of space-based centrifuge