title: The beginnings of space medicine.
abstract: The beginnings of space medicine are those of aviation medicine and involved, among many pioneers, Dr. Harry G. Armstrong and the Aeromedical Laboratory. Space Medicine has advanced in a short 23 years from arguments about man being capable of survival in space through animal and manned flights to flight durations of 6 months. The public and private arguments about man's capability to survive and work in space and the early decisions about flight duration and safety are chronicled from a personal point of view.
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000266:history; D013026:Space Flight / Q000266:history; D014481:United States