Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Teledyne Systems Co.
- Summary
- The Skylab program studied the human body's reaction to long-duration flight in a microgravity (weightless) environment. Skylab astronauts used a stationary bicycle without wheels (ergometer) identical to this one to measure their heart rate, breathing, and work level while they exercised. Electrical recordings of heart activity of each astronaut were taken before, during, and after flight to determine changes in heart functions that might have been caused by the long-duration flights of 28, 59, and 84 days. They also measured their oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output as they exercised.
- NASA donated this ergometer to the Museum for display in the backup Skylab orbital workshop in 1976.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA Johnson Space Center
- Inventory Number
- A19761669000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Medical
- Materials
- aluminum, steel, plastic, rubber, vinyl
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 116.8 x 63.5 x 114.3cm (46 x 25 x 45 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19761669000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv961052b1b-25f6-4d7e-9009-7a8350529980
