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US plant and radiation dosimetry experiments flown on the soviet satellite COSMOS 1129. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5579184

Experiments included: 30 young male Wistar SPF rats used for wide range physiological studies Kosmos Satellites experiments with plants, fungi, insects, and mammalian tissue cultures; radiation physics experiments; a heat convection study; a rat embryology experiment in which an attempt was made to breed 2 male and 5 female rats during the flight; and fertile quail eggs used to determine the effects of spaceflight on avian embryogenesis. Specimens for US experiments were initially prepared at the recovery site or in Moscow and transferred to US laboratories for complete analyses. An overview of the mission focusing on preflight, on orbit, and postflight activities pertinent to the fourteen US experiments aboard Cosmos 1129 is presented.

Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, CA (USA). Ames Research Center
OSTI ID:
5579184
Report Number(s):
NASA-TM-81288
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English