PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S ): James P. Henry 



EXPERIMENT TITLE/NUMBER : 



PROGRAM/MISSION : Blossom 6 



CLASSIFICATION : Animal - Cynomolgus monkey ( Macaca irus ) 



DISCIPLINE(S) : Behavioral science, Environmental health 



OBJECTIVES : To study the effects of rocket flight on a living subject. 



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

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

 electrodes implanted in its skin, and placed in the capsule. The capsule 

 was mounted 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 : Space flight seemed to have no adverse effect on the physiology 

 of the monkey. 



PUBLICATIONS : 259, 261, 262, 374 



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