Neurolab

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Neurolab was a 1998 Space Shuttle STS-90 mission dedicated to studying how microgravity affects the nervous system and brain function in humans and animals.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Neurolab canonical 3
Neurolab program 1
neurolab experiments on STS-90 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
space neuroscience research mission ⓘ
crewRole commander ⓘ
mission specialist ⓘ
payload specialist ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
inclination 39 degrees ⓘ
internationalCollaboration involved international investigators ⓘ
laboratoryModule Spacelab module ⓘ
laboratoryType pressurized laboratory module ⓘ
landingDate 1998-05-03 ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 1998-04-17 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchSitePad Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
missionDuration 15 days ⓘ
approximately 15 days 21 hours ⓘ
missionNickname Neurolab ⓘ
missionNumberInProgram 90 ⓘ
missionType microgravity life sciences mission ⓘ
objective investigate adaptation of the brain to weightlessness ⓘ
investigate balance and vestibular function in microgravity ⓘ
investigate development of the nervous system in microgravity ⓘ
investigate motor control in microgravity ⓘ
investigate sleep and circadian rhythms in space ⓘ
study how microgravity affects the nervous system in animals ⓘ
study how microgravity affects the nervous system in humans ⓘ
officialName STS-90 ⓘ
orbiterFlightNumber Columbia flight 25 ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
payloadName Neurolab payload ⓘ
primaryFocus effects of microgravity on brain function ⓘ
effects of microgravity on the nervous system ⓘ
neuroscience research ⓘ
program Space Shuttle program ⓘ
researchDiscipline behavioral neuroscience ⓘ
developmental neurobiology ⓘ
neurobiology ⓘ
neurophysiology ⓘ
space medicine ⓘ
researchSubjects fish ⓘ
human crew members ⓘ
invertebrates ⓘ
mice ⓘ
rats ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
spacecraftType Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
sponsoringAgency NASA Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-90 → missionName → Neurolab ⓘ
STS-90 → partOfProgram → Neurolab program ⓘ
linked to: Neurolab
Richard M. Linnehan → notableWork → neurolab experiments on STS-90 ⓘ
linked to: Neurolab
Neurolab → missionNickname → Neurolab ⓘ