These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: The effects of cosmic particle radiation on pocket mice aboard Apollo XVII: IV. engineering aspects of the experiment and results of animal tests.
    Author: Look BC, Tremor JW, Barrows WF, Zabower HR, Suri K, Park EG, d'Urso JA, Leon HA, Haymaker W, Linberg RG, Behnke AR, Asch H, Hampton RW.
    Journal: Aviat Space Environ Med; 1975 Apr; 46(4 Sec 2):500-13. PubMed ID: 239672.
    Abstract:
    A closed passive system independent of support from the spacecraft or its crew was developed to house five pocket mice for their flight on Apollo XVII. The reaction of potassium superoxide with carbon dioxide and water vapor to produce oxygen provided a habitable atmosphere within the experiment package. The performance of the system and the ability of the mice to survive the key preflight tests gave reasonable assurance that to mice would also withstand the Apollo flight.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]