Phillip Wellner from Life Support conducts a spirometry test on NASA Pilot Nils Larsen before a Pilot Breathing Assessment flight at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California.
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Phillip Wellner from Life Support conducts a spirometry test on NASA Pilot Nils Larsen before a Pilot Breathing Assessment flight at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The first phase of the Pilot Breathing Assessment (PBA) program documented how pilots breathe in fighter aircraft while flying a variety of scripted profiles. Phase One has evolved into a larger effort with planning for a second phase underway for additional 50 flight hours.
For more information: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/pilot-breathing-assessment-program.html
March 4, 2019
NASA Photo / Carla Thomas