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100 1 _aUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
245 1 0 _aSignificant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2012-07-17
508 _aProduced by K.D. Thornton, Enrico Segre and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Significant Achievements in Space Bioscience 1958-1964" is a scientific publication produced by NASA, highlighting progress in the field of space biosciences during the late 20th century. The work focuses on the essential research and experimental findings related to life sciences applicable to space exploration, detailing the challenges and advancements made in understanding life in extraterrestrial conditions. The opening of this publication begins with a foreword and a preface that establish its context within a broader series. It introduces the bioscience programs initiated by NASA, which were modest at first but gained momentum by conducting experiments involving living organisms in space. Topics covered include the effects of weightlessness on biological systems, the search for extraterrestrial life compounds, and the development of life-support systems necessary for human space travel. This portion outlines the early objectives of the bioscience program, emphasizing the importance of understanding how space environments affect biological organisms, setting the stage for further detailed explorations in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBiology
653 _aSpace flight
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40268
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