PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (S ): Otto H. Gauer, and David Simmonds 



EXPERIMENT TITLE/NUMBER : 



PROGRAM/MISSION : Blossom 3 



CLASSIFICATION : Animal - Rhesus monkey ( Macaca mulatta ) 



DISCIPLINE(S) : Behavioral science, Environmental health 



OBJECTIVES : To test the physiological effects of rocket flight. 



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

 time. At F-45 minutes, the monkey was given anesthesia, electrodes were 

 implanted in its skin, and it was placed in the capsule. The capsule was 

 mounted on the V-2 at F-30 min. 



EQUIPMENT : 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. No information 

 was recovered or telemetered. 



CONCLUSIONS : This flight pointed out some of the problems of reliable 

 instrumentation. 



PUBLICATIONS : 37 4 



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