TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Parabolic flight as a spaceflight analog
JO  - Journal of applied physiology
A1  - Shelhamer, Mark
SP  - 1442
EP  - 1448
VL  - 120
IS  - 12
N2  - Ground-based analog facilities have had wide use in mimicking some of the features of space flight, in a more controlled and less-expensive manner. One such analog is parabolic flight, in which an aircraft flies repeated parabolic trajectories that provide short-duration periods of free fall (0g) alternating with high-g pullout or recovery phases. Parabolic flight is unique in being able to provide true 0g in a ground-based facility. Accordingly, it lends itself well to the investigation of specific areas of human space flight that can benefit from this capability, which predominantly includes neurovestibular effects, but also others such as human factors, locomotion, and medical procedures. Applications to research in artificial gravity, and to effects likely to occur in upcoming commercial suborbital flights, are also possible.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 8750-7587
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01046.2015
ID  - ref1
ER  -