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 Summary

This collection consists of drawings, manuals, reports, documents, and data relating to the Cosmos Primate Rotator Chair.

 Biographical / Historical

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

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Technical drawings