Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4, Grades 5-8, Grades 9-12, Informal Education
Subject
Life Science, Humans
Type
Other Multimedia, Videos
In the 1950s and 1960s, NASA conducted studies and experiments to prepare for sending humankind into space. NASA performed motion sickness experiments with deaf individuals as a control group because their cochleae are inactive. The cochlea is the part of the ear that affects motion sickness. A student at the Texas School for the Deaf, or TSD interviewed David Myers, who participated in these experiments.
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Astronaut Caldwell Dyson Sends Sign Language Message From Space Station
Other video learning clips in this series:
Texas School for the Deaf Students Introduce Themselves
How Long Does It Take to Get to the ISS?
What Do You Do About Space Junk?
You Did a Spacewalk for Over 8 Hours. How Did You Do That?
How Do You Stay in Contact With Your Family?
How Do You Work Together as a Team?
How Does It Feel to See Sunrise and Sunset Every 90 Minutes?
Expedition 24 Crew Sends a Message to the Texas School for the Deaf