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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair Papers
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2018.0056
- Dates:
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1981-1995bulk 1990-1992
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.39 Cubic feet1 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.
Keywords
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