1. Report No. 



NASA TM 58217 



2. Government Accession No. 



3. Recipient's Catalog No 



4. Title and Subtitle BIOSPEX: Biological Space Experiments 

 A Compendium of Life Sciences Experiments Carried on 

 U.S. Spacecraft 



5 Report Date 



June 1979 



6. Performing Organization Code 



7. Author(s) Michele Anderson, Technology Incorporated 

 Editors: John A. Rummel, JSC 



Stanley Deutsch, NASA Headquarters 



8. Performing Organization Report No 



9. Performing Organization Name and Address 



Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center 

 Houston, Texas 77058 



10. Work Unit No 



199-99-00-00-72 



11. Contract or Grant No 



12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 



National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

 Washington, D.C. 20546 



13. Type of Report and Period Covered 



Technical Memorandum 



14 Sponsoring Agency Code 



15. Supplementary Notes 



16. Abstract 



United States Space Life Science experiments, encompassing 27 years of experience 

 beginning with sounding rocket flights carrying primates (1948) to the last U.S. space- 

 flight, the joint U.S. /U.S.S.R. Apollo Soyuz Test Project (1975), are presented in 

 brief form. The information for each experiment includes Principal Investigators, the 

 program and mission on which it was flown, the specimens used, the objectives, protocol, 

 equipment, results, conclusions, and bibliographic reference citations for publications 

 derived from each experiment. It includes an investigator address list and an index of 

 terms. The document is divided into chapters for human, animal, plant, and microorgan- 

 ism specimen types. 



17. Key Words (Suggested by Author(s)) 



Life Sciences Animals 



Space Biology Plants 



Aerospace Medicine Microorganisms 

 Space Environment Effects 

 Behavioral Sciences 



18. Distribution Statement 



STAR Subject Category: 



51 (Life Sciences General) 



52 Aerospace Medicine 



53 Behavioral Sciences 



19. Security Oassif. (of this report) 

 Unclassified 



20 Security Classif. (of this pagel 

 Unclassified 



21. No. of Pages 

 312 



22 Price 



9.75 



"For sale by the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161 



JSC Form 1424 (Rev Nov 751 



NASA-Langley, 1979 



