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Ulf Merbold in Spacelab-Physical experiment.

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sts04-23000

Image Size 300 DPI: 45 * 30 cm

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

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1992 - ASTRONAUT - DISCOVERY - EXPERIMENT - HEADPHONE - HUMAN - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MERBOLD ULF - MICROGRAVITY VESTIBULAR INVESTIGATION - ONBOARD ACTIVITY - PHYSICAL TEST - ROTATING CHAIR - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - SPACELAB - SPACESHIP - STS-42 - TEST - WEIGHTLESSNESS - ZERO GRAVITY -