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Reduced Gravity Aircraft Research Gallery

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KC-135A
A close-up of the parabolic flight graphic displayed on the side of the NASA KC-135A "Vomit Comet" also known as the "Weightless Wonder V". This photo was taken during the second series of KC-135A flights for our Stretch-and-Fold Experiment.

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
The inside of the NASA KC-135A immediately prior to the loading of experiment equipment. This photo was taken during the second series of KC-135A flights for our Stretch-and-Fold Experiment.

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
UCSD's Trevor Cooper assembles part of the setup at Ellington Field. The experimental equipment must pass a safety review before it is accepted for loading onto the KC-135. This photo was taken during the second series of KC-135 flights for our Stretch-and-Fold Experiment.

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
UCSD's Trevor Cooper and Chantal Darquenne assemble the experiment setup inside the Ellington Field hangar prior to the safety review and a week of parabolic flights over the Gulf of Mexico. This photo was taken during the second series of KC-135A flights for our Stretch-and-Fold Experiment.

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
Chantal Darquenne (left), Jeff Struthers (operating particle generator) and Jessica Meir (subject) participate in the first set of KC-135 flights for our Stretch-and-Fold Experiment. (photo jsc2003e35042)

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
Liam Harrington and Chantal Darquenne (floating), Jeff Struthers (operating the RALFR device) and Jessica Meir (subject) participate in the first set of KC-135 flights for our Stretch-and-Fold Experiment. (photo jsc2003e35038)

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
UCSD's Janelle Fine performs a breathing maneuver during a test of aerosol deposition aboard NASA's Reduced Gravity Aircraft

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
UCSD investigator Chantal Darquenne is running the computer while Jeff Struthers breathes as the subject.

 

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Aerosol Deposition in the Lung
UCSD investigator Chantal Darquenne checks the data on the computer while Jeff Struthers checks the log

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
Ann Elliott, Anne-Marie Lauzon, and Janelle Fine make up the "girl power" team on NASA's KC-135 reduced-gravity aircraft.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD investigator Anne-Marie Lauzon is the subject for her bolus experiment while engineer Janelle Fine acts as operator on NASA's KC-135 reduced-gravity aircraft.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD engineerJanelle Fine gives a signal to the computer operator while the subject for the bolus experiment. Jeff Struthers is the subject operator keeping things on track.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD's Robert Deutschman is the subject for the bolus experiment while investigator Anne-Marie Lauzon acts as operator.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD investigators Kim Prisk and Anne-Marie Lauzon play during a spare parabola.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD's Anne-Marie Lauzon and Kim Prisk at the computer which is mounted on top of an MGA-1100 mass spectrometer in the NASA KC-135 reduced-gravity aircraft.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD's Robert Deutschman is the subject for the bolus experiment while investigator Anne-Marie Lauzon acts as operator.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD investigators Kim Prisk and Anne-Marie Lauzon play during a spare parabola.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD's Anne-Marie Lauzon and Kim Prisk at the computer which is mounted on top of an MGA-1100 mass spectrometer in the NASA KC-135 reduced-gravity aircraft.

 

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KC-135 Bolus Experiment
UCSD post-doctoral scholar Anne-Marie Lauzon runs the computer which controls the bolus experiment. This photograph was chosen for the cover of the Journal of Applied Physiology in which the paper from this research was published in 1997.