National Air and Space Museum Archives

Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair Papers

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2018.0056
Dates:
1981-1995
bulk 1990-1992
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.39 Cubic feet
1 letter box
Repository:
This collection consists of drawings, manuals, reports, documents, and data relating to the Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of drawings, manuals, reports, documents, and data relating to the Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair.

Arrangement

Arrangement
No arrangement.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Cosmos Rotator Chair is a primate chair, designed and built to test the neuro-optical response of primates when orbiting the Earth in microgravity. The objective of this experiment was to study primate eye movement responses in an upright position and at various angles of tilt, before and after spaceflight. Neurokinetics of Pittsburgh designed and built the object to the specifications of Dr. Bernard Cohen of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Dr. Inessa Kozlovskaya of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Problems. This chair was built in the United States, shipped to Russia and flown on Cosmos Biosatellite 2044.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bernard Cohen, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0056
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Williams, 2019.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair Papers, NASM.2018.0056, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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