Islet in weightlessness: biological experiments on board COSMOS 1129 satellite

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5606490

Zhuk, Y

Biological experiments planned as an international venture for COSMOS 1129 satellite include tests of: (1) adaptation of rats to conditions of weightlessness, and readaption to Earth's gravity, (2) possibility of fertilization and embryonic development in weightlessness, (3) heat exchange processes, (4) amount of gravity force preferred by fruit flies for laying eggs (given a choice of three centrifugal zones), (5) growth of higher plants from seeds, (6) effects of weightlessness on cells in culture, and (7) radiation danger from heavy nuclei, and electrostatic protection from charged particles.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5606490
• Report Number(s): NASA-TM-76396
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
DIPTERA
DROSOPHILA
ELECTROSTATICS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
FLIES
FRUIT FLIES
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
GROWTH
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAVY NUCLEI
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
KOSMOS SATELLITES
MAMMALS
NUCLEI
PLANNING
PLANT GROWTH
PLANTS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOSENSITIVITY
RATS
RODENTS
SATELLITES
SEEDS
SPACE FLIGHT
VERTEBRATES
WEIGHT