NASA Photo ID: STS040-17-010 File Name: 10064344.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. Mission Specialist (MS) James P.
Bagian (right) draws blood from Payload Specialist F. Drew Gaffney
(center) as the second Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1) Payload Specialist
Millie Hughes-Fulford 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 University of Tennessee, Colorado State, and
Stanford University and several drink containers.
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS
BLOOD
COLUMBIA (ORBITER)
CREW PROCEDURES (INFLIGHT)
CREWS
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
MIDDECK
PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS
SPACELAB
STS-40
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