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Spacelab

NASA / MSFC · 1983-11-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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In this Spacelab-1 mission onboard photograph, astronaut Byron Lichtenberg performs a drop experiment, one of the Vestibular Experiments in Space investigations. The experiment examined spinal reflexes to determine whether they changed in microgravity. In Earth's environment, the otoliths signal the muscles to prepare for jolts associated with falling.

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Spacelab-1Vestibular ExperimentDrop ExperimentByron Lichtenberg
Credit lineSpacelab. NASA/MSFC, 1983-11-01. Public domain. ID: 8440350.
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