Biosatellite 3. Preliminary findings.
Physiological deterioration in the male macaque monkey flown in Biosatellite III necessitated its recall after 8.5 days of a planned 30-day flight. For the first 7 days the only telemetered signs of a progressive general decline were falling brain temperature and lowered central venous pressure, which occurred in the last 3 days of flight. Fluid loss in flight was high, caused initially by sweating and later by diuresis, and appeared to arise in redistribution of blood in visceral pools as a consequence of weightlessness. Death occurred suddenly 12 hours after the flight and was caused by ventricular fibrillation.
D000818:Animals; D001826:Body Fluids; D001831:Body Temperature; D004231:Diuresis; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D000882:Haplorhini; D006439:Hemodynamics; D008297:Male; D013026:Space Flight; D013546:Sweating; D013686:Telemetry; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014893:Weightlessness / Q000009:adverse effects*