PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S ): P. J. Maher, and Otto H. Gauer 



EXPERIMENT TITLE/NUMBER : 



PROGRAM/MISSION : Blossom 4 



CLASSIFICATION : Animal - Rhesus monkey ( Macaca mulatta ) 



DISCIPLINE(S) : Behavioral science, Environmental health 



OBJECTIVES : To study acceleration effects on a monkey. 



PROTOCOL : The monkey was kept at the Aero Medical Laboratory until flight 

 time. At 45 minutes before flight, the monkey was given anesthesia, 

 electrodes set in its skin, and placed in the capsule. The capsule was placed 

 on the V-2 rocket at 30 minutes before flight. 



EQUIPMENT : Telemetry devices for heart beat and respiration, V-2 nosecone 

 redesigned as an animal capsule, electrodes, EKG, oxygen cylinder, audio 

 amplifier. 



RESULTS : The rocket reached a speed of 3,000 miles per hour. The parachute 

 deployed, but did not open, with the monkey dying on impact. Some information 

 was telemetered, showing normal respiration and heart rate. 



CONCLUSIONS : It was not known if space flight injured the animal or not. 



PUBLICATIONS : 374, 477 



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