608 pgs, 1996, AIAA
ISBN 978-1563471803

Humans in Space Flight is the third in a five-volume space biology series produced jointly by NASA and the Russian Academy of Sciences. The two-book volume describes experimental and observational data and hypotheses emphasizing human adaptation to altered gravity in the first book and acceleration, radiation, and psychological stress in the second. New information covers extravehicular activities, pharmacodynamics, cosmic rays, and conduction of medical investigations in space. The set concludes with a chapter on mathematically modeling spaceflight effects on physiological systems.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOK 1
Part I: Biological Effects of Gravity

1. Principles of Gravitational Biology
2. Major Results from Biological Experiments in Space

Part II: Microgravity Effects on Humans

3. Cardiovascular and Cardiorespiratory Function
4. Endocrine System and Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
5. Blood Volume and Hemopoiesis
6. Immune System
7. Neurosensory and Sensory-Motor Function
8. Metabolism
9. Digestion and Absorption
10. Muscle Structure and Metabolism
11. Skeletal System
12. Microgravity Mechanisms and Models

BOOK 2
Part III: Acceleration

13. Sustained Linear Acceleration
14. Impact Acceleration
15. Angular Acceleration
16. Artificial Gravity

Part IV: Space Radiation

17. Ionizing Radiation
18. Nonionizing Radiation

Part V: Psychological Stress

19. Psychological States and Group Interactions of Crew Members in Flight
20. Psychological Prophylaxis and Treatments for Space Crews

Part VI: Combined Effects of Factors

21. Analyzing the Combined Effects of Multiple Spaceflight Factors

Part VII: Results of Medical Investigations in Spaceflights

22. Short-Term Flights
23. Long-Term Flights
24. Extravehicular Activities
25. Pharmaceuticals in Flight
26. Mathematical Modeling of Physiological Stress