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NASA Astronauts Test Vestibular Systems on Tilt Tables

NASA Astronauts Test Vestibular Systems on Tilt Tables
Expedition 55 crew members conduct tests of their vestibular systems on tilt tables March 15 as part of pre-launch activities.

jsc2018e025556 (March 15, 2018) – At the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 55 crew members Drew Feustel of NASA (top) and Ricky Arnold of NASA (bottom) conduct tests of their vestibular systems on tilt tables March 15 as part of pre-launch activities. Along with Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, they will launch March 21 on the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a five-month mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov