Special Topics: Medicine

Skylab: Space Station I
This video reviews the repair operation of the first mission, proving man’s presence is vital to successful space exploration. Shows medical experiments looking at man as he reacted to long-term weightlessness. Includes observations of solar flares, Comet Kohoutek, and studies of the Sun looking toward future energy production. Covers Earth studies by means of the Earth Resources Experiments Package. Narrated by each member of the three Skylab crews. [color, 28 minutes] $29.95 ST0042

our laboratories in space
This video examines some of the scientific and medical experiments that were performed during the Skylab Program and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, as well as those which were anticipated for Space Shuttle missions. [color, 28 1/2 minutes] $29.95 ST0056
Nobody’s Immune
Individual victims describe the ways in which they contracted AIDS, and its impact on themselves and their families. The video ends with an explanation of acceptable methods of preventing infection to the HTLV-III virus. [color, 29 minutes] $29.95 ST0006
making medicine in space
Dr. Charles Walker, Shuttle Payload Specialist, McDonnell Douglas Corp., tells us how medicine can possibly be made economically in space. [color, 28 minutes] $29.95 ST0063
MEDICAL BENEFITS FROM SPACE
This video discusses how NASA research in the areas of miniaturization, biotelemetry, and digital image processing has led to major advances in medicine. [color, 20 minutes] $29.95 ST0106
SPACE MEDICINE: ANSWERING THE CHALLENGE
This video features development of the space station Health Maintenance Facility (HMF). The HMF will provide necessary inflight medical care, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care during transport if a patient must be evacuated from the space station. [color, 15 minutes] $29.95 ST0108

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