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Ulf Merbold in Spacelab-Physical experiment.

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-sts04-23000

Date

2006-05-03

STS-42 Payload Specialist Ulf D. Merbold prepares for a Microgravity Vestibular Investigation experiment while in front of International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) module Rack 7. Wearing a lightweight headset and with sensors applied around his eye, Merbold will don a helmet mounted camera and record measurements while he is spun in the MVI rotator chair. IML-1 spacelab  module is located in the payload bay of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle 103. 01/1992