title: Bion 11 mission hardware.
abstract: The mission hardware provided for Bion 11 shared primate experiments included the launch vehicle, biosatellite, spaceflight operational systems, spacecraft recovery systems, life support systems, bioinstrumentation, and data collection systems. Under the unique Russia/US bilateral contract, the sides worked together to ensure the reliability and quality of hardware supporting the primate experiments. Parameters recorded inflight covered biophysical, biochemical, biopotential, environmental, and system operational status.
authors.affiliation: RF SRC--Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Golov
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Magedov
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Skidmore
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Kozlovskaya
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Korolkov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007391:International Cooperation; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012426:Russia; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States; D014893:Weightlessness