USED SCIENCE HARDWARE:

• Kit Cardioscience.

USED FLIGHT HARDWARE:

• Sphygmomanometer Tensoplus for measurement of arterial pressure.
• Video camera Sony DSR PD-1P.
• Portable computer table.

• IBM Thinkpad A31P.

• Kit Cardiocog.
• Kit Return of Hard Discs.

PURPOSE:

Acquisition of new scientific data to deepen knowledge about mechanisms of cardiorespiratory system adaptation to space flight conditions.

OBJECTIVES:

• Investigation of the effect of long-term weightlessness on vegetative regulation of cardiovascular system and interactions between the cardiovascular and respiratory systems as well as study of stress reactions caused by weightlessness and space flight conditions.
• Comparison of in the cardiovascular function alterations, occurred in a long-term flight with preflight and postflight data.
• Study of the vegetative regulation level upon return to the Earth and its relation to orthostatic instability.
• Comparison of effects of long-term and short-term weightlessness on cardiovascular system (the data of previous investigations in short-term space flights and parabolic flights).

EXPERIMENT RESULTS:

• Information on cardiovascular status (electrocardiogram, arterial pressure, respiration rate) recorded on a hard disc and PCMCIA card;
• Flight log sheets with arterial pressure measurement results and time marks of experiment run;
• Mini DV video cassette with record of experiment run.