NASA Photo ID: S73-27707           File Name: 10076129.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 06/09/73
Title: Astronaut Charles Conrad as test subject for Lower Body Negative Pressure
Description:
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., Skylab 2 commander, serves as test subject
for  the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) (M092) Experiment, as seen in
this  reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by at TV
camera  aboard the Skylab 1 and 2 space station cluster in Earth orbit. 
Scientist-Astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, Skylab 2 science pilot, assists
Conrad  into the LBNP device. Kerwin served as monitor for the experiment.                

Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS                              
BLOOD PRESSURE                          
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM                   
LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE            
REPRODUCTION                            
SKYLAB 2                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS                  
TELEVISION TRANSMISSION                 

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