This collection consists of drawings, manuals, reports, documents, and data relating to the Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair.
The Cosmos Rotator Chair is a primate chair, designed and built to test the neuro-optical response of primates when orbiting the Earth in microgravity. The objective of this experiment was to study primate eye movement responses in an upright position and at various angles of tilt, before and after spaceflight. Neurokinetics of Pittsburgh designed and built the object to the specifications of Dr. Bernard Cohen of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Dr. Inessa Kozlovskaya of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Problems. This chair was built in the United States, shipped to Russia and flown on Cosmos Biosatellite 2044.
Identifier
NASM.2018.0056
Date
1981-1995 bulk 1990-1992
Provenance
Bernard Cohen, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0056
Extent
0.39 Cubic feet (1 letter box)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of drawings, manuals, reports, documents, and data relating to the Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair.
Arrangement note
No arrangement.
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair Papers, NASM.2018.0056, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Astronautics Primates Manned space flight Technical manuals