Title
Preview
Identifier
F03_023_01
Description
This black and white photograph depicts the human centrifuge and gondola at the Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory. A man in a lab coat stands below the device and a man above sits in a watch tower. Printed text is on the left side of the photograph.
Physical Description
black and white photograph
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Human centrifuge, Gondolas, Warminster (Pa.), Johnsville (Pa.)
Rights
This material is free from copyright under Sections 101 and 105 of the United States Copyright Act.
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
Repository
Recommended Citation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "028 Human Centrifuge" (2021). Project Mercury Images. 28.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/mercury/28
Language
eng
Transcription
The U.S. Navy Human Centrifuge at the Aviation Medical Acceleration Laboratory. The radius of the arm is 50 ft, and the gimbal at the end of the arm changes positions as the centrifuge arm turns, by computer or by manual pilot control, in the gondola at the end of the arm. The gondola and astronaut may be pressurized or depressurized for altitude as the accelerations are provided. (RE: Dr. Randall M. Chambers)
Keywords
Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Human centrifuge, Gondolas, Warminster (Pa.), Johnsville (Pa.)
Comments
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