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Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Erasmus Experiment Archive.
Brief Summary

Scaling Body-Related Actions in the Absence of Gravity (Passages) tests how astronauts interpret visual information in microgravity.

Principal Investigator

M. Luyat, , , , ,

Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

J. McIntyre, , , , ,

Payload Developer Information Pending

Sponsoring Space Agency

European Space Agency (ESA)

Sponsoring Organization:

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ISS Expedition Duration:

October 2009 - September 2012

Expeditions Assigned

21/22, 23/24, 25/26, 27/28, 29/30, 31/32

Previous ISS Missions

Passages was first operated on ISS Expedition 21/22.

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Experiment/Payload Description

Research Summary

The objectives of Passages include:

• demonstrating the possible decrease of the use of the "Eye-Height" strategy (altitude of one's line of gaze parallel to the ground) for estimating affordances (what we perceive when we look at objects) after long exposure to weightlessness;



• testing the possibility of using "virtual visual eye-height" (visual perception of the altitude of one's line of gaze parallel to the ground in a virtual environment) context to restore the Earth-adapted strategy in weightlessness;



• testing for effects of weightlessness on estimates of visual distance and perceived eye height used to calibrate physical dimensions in the visual field such as in determining the "passibility" of a doorway.

Description

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Applications

Space Applications

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Earth Applications

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Operations

Operational Requirements

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Operational Protocols

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Results/More Information

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Publications

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Ground Based Results Publications

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ISS Patent Publications

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Related Publications

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Images

NASA Image: ISS025E008371 - NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 25 commander, uses Neurospat hardware to perform a science session with the European Space Agency PASSAGES experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

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NASA Image: ISS029E021640 - Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum is photographed performing an onboard science session with the ESA PASSAGES experiment.

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