PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (S): Jerry R. Hordinsky 



EXPERIMENT TITLE/NUMBER : Skylab Crew Health - Crew Surgeons' Reports 



PROGRAM/MISSION : Skylab 2, 3, 4 



CLASSIFICATION : Human 



DISCIPLINE(S) : Environmental health 



OBJECTIVES : The crew surgeon was responsible for the health of the Skylab 

 crewmembers and their families, the development and use of the inflight 

 medical support system, the pref light medical examination and arrangement of 

 all crew medical-related activities, and the postf light coordination of 

 medical activity. 



PROTOCOL : The crew surgeon relied on the daily private medical conference 

 with the crews over an air-to-ground loop from the NASA Mission Control Center 

 to monitor crew health. For continuous clinical evaluation of the crew, the 

 crew surgeon had access to medical parameters derived from the experiment 

 data. 



EQUIPMENT : None identified. 



RESULTS : The crewmembers remained in excellent health except for a few minor 

 clinical problems. 



CONCLUSIONS : From a clinical point of view, all the physiological and 

 psychological responses noted in the Skylab missions were either self-limiting 

 or represented work-around problems requiring minimal counteraction. As such, 

 these changes do not preclude extending man's duration in zero-gravity for 

 longer periods of time. 



PUBLICATIONS : 252, 281, 282 



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