NASA Photo ID: STS055-229-030     File Name: 10073192.jpg

Film Type: 35mm CN                Date Taken: 05/06/93

Title: STS-55 MS1/PLC Ross monitors Payload Specialist Walter's Anthrorack activity

Description:

STS-55 German Payload Specialist 1 Ulrich Walter breathes into Rack 9 
Anthrorack (AR) (Human Physiology Laboratory) device for Pulmonary
Perfusion  and Ventilation During Rest and Exercise experiment while
working inside the  Spacelab Deutsche 2 (SL-D2) science module aboard the
Earth-orbiting  Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102.  Seated on the bicycle
ergometer, Walter  utilizes the respiratory monitoring system, part of a
broad battery of  experiments designed to investigate human physiology
under microgravity  conditions.  In the background, Mission Specialist 1
(MS1) and Payload  Commander (PLC) Jerry L. Ross monitors Walter's
activity.  Walter represents  the German Aerospace Research Establishment
(DLR) on the 10-day SL-D2  mission.  Visible on the aft end cone are a fire
extinguisher and the Crew  Telesupport Experiment (CTE) Macintosh portable
computer mounted on an  adjustable work platform.