Astronaut Karol J. Bobko, Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT) pilot, is being configured for a test in the Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. Dr. William E. Thornton, SMEAT science pilot, assists. In the right background is astronaut Robert L. Crippen, SMEAT commander. These three astronauts will spend up to 56 days in the Crew Systems Division's 20-foot altitude chamber at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) beginning in mid-July to obtain medical data and evaluate medical experiment equipment for Skylab.
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Astronaut Karol J. Bobko, Skylab Medical Experiment Altitude Test (SMEAT) pilot, is being configured for a test in the Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment. Dr. William E. Thornton, SMEAT science pilot, assists. In the right background is astronaut Robert L. Crippen, SMEAT commander. These three astronauts will spend up to 56 days in the Crew Systems Division's 20-foot altitude chamber at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) beginning in mid-July to obtain medical data and evaluate medical experiment equipment for Skylab.