Test kit, medical
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0027.001
- MANUFACTURER
- McGill University
- MODEL
- SHUTTLE 41G/ SASSE
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 23
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1: ALUMINUM BOX, LINED WITH FOAM/.2: PAPER DATA SHEETS/.3 &.5: SYNTHETIC FABRIC BANDS/.4: NON-FERROUS METAL/.5,.6,.7,.11-.18: ALUMINUM GRIDCUBES, CLASP BATTERY SUBSTITUTES/.8: WOOD RECORDER SUBSTITUTE/.9,.21-.23: PLASTIC TAPES/.10: FERROUS METAL MIRROR/.19-.20: GLASS & METAL BULBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.2 cm
- Width
- 17.2 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Manned spacecraft
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- University
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1984 - SHUTTLE MISSION 41-G, OCT. 5-12 1984.
- Canada
-
CANADIAN DESIGNED, DEVELOPED,AND BUILT EQUIPMENT USED BY MARC GARNEAU, FIRST MEMBER OF CANADIAN ASTRONAUT PROGRAMME TEAM TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT. - Function
-
EQUIPMENT FOR 6 MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO MEASURE HOW HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM ADAPTS TO WEIGHTLESSNESS, AND HOW THIS MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO SPACE MOTION SICKNESS. - Technical
-
PART OF CANADA'S EXPERIMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT ON MAN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Plate on box exterior reading: 'SASSE KIT/PN McGAMRU 009 SN 001'/ incised part & serial nos. on all metal parts/ black & red lettering on cassettes
- Missing
- BATTERIES AND POCKET VOICE RECORDER REPLACED BY ALUMINUM CYLINDERS AND WOOD BLOCK RESPECTIVELY - RECORDER RETURNED TO NASA.
- Finish
- .1,.5,.6,.11-.18: BRUSHED ALUMINUM/.1: GREY FOAM LINING, YELLOW, VELCRO ON EXTERIOR/.2: WHITE PAPER/.3 &.5: WHITE FABRIC WITH YELLOW VELCRO STRIPS/.4,.10,.19-.20: PLATED METAL/.8: BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED WOOD/.21-.23: CLEAR PLASTIC WITH WHITE & GREY LABELS
- Decoration
- NONE
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