NASA Photo ID: STS040-17-006       File Name: 10064338.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 06/14/91
  Title: STS-40 crewmembers use inflight blood collection system (IBCS) kit on middeck
  Description:
  STS-40 crewmembers follow procedures for Experiment No. 261, The Influence
  of  Space Flight on Erythrokinetics in Man, while on the middeck of
  Columbia,  Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102.  Payload Specialist F. Drew Gaffney
  (center)  draws blood from Payload Specialist Millie Hughes-Fulford (left)
  as  Mission Specialist (MS) James P. Bagian looks on.  The crewmembers are
  using  the inflight blood collection system (IBCS) kit in front of the
  forward  lockers and the orbiter refrigerator freezer (ORF).  Displayed on
  the forward  lockers are decals representing the Air Force, the Air Force
  Reserves  (AFRES), University of Tennessee, Colorado State, and Stanford
  University.             
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  BLOOD                                   
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  CREW PROCEDURES (INFLIGHT)              
  CREWS                                   
  MEDICAL EQUIPMENT                       
  MIDDECK                                 
  PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS                     
  SPACELAB                                
  STS-40                                  
  

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