Force Measuring Unit, Skylab
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Martin Marietta
label: Manufacturer
content: NASA - Langley Research Center
notes: label: Summary
content: This device was part of the Crew/Vehicle Disturbance experiment flown aboard the Skylab space station launched by the United States in 1973. The purpose of the experiment was to determine the effect of crew activities on the vehicle's stability by measuring the forces, torques, and vehicle motions caused by the astronauts' movements. As an astronaut stood on the unit or moved between units, precise measurements of his motions and resultant forces on the vehicle structure were sent the ground for comparison with vehicle attitude and pointing control data to analyze disturbances. This extra device was stowed aboard the backup Skylab orbital workshop that NASA transferred to the Museum.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from NASA, Langley Research Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19790047000
objectType: label: Type
content: EQUIPMENT-Test
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: metal, fabric, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 45.7 × 41.9 × 22.9cm (1 ft. 6 in. × 1 ft. 4 1/2 in. × 9 in.)