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