Bodies in the space environment
The Bodies in the space environment (BISE) project is an 18-month-long project on the International Space Station (ISS) that is exploring the perceived direction of up during long duration exposure to microgravity. This project is part of an ongoing project that has been exploring the perception of up during short duration microgravity exposure on flights similar to the Vomit Comet.
Full details on the BISE project can be found on the BISE web pages at http://www.bise.yorku.ca
Research Team
Richard Dyde, Centre for Vision Research, York University
Laurence Harris, Department of Psychology and Centre for Vision Research, York University
Heather Jenkin, Department of Psychology and Centre for Vision Research, York University
Michael Jenkin, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Centre for Vision Research, York University
James Zacher, Centre for Vision Research, York University
Science
Details on the science that underlies these experiments can be found at http://www.bise.yorku.ca/BISE/The-Science.html
Schedule
The BISE project relies on a number of different space launches (the first being STS-119 which delivered the necessary software to the International Space Station, and the second Soyuz TMA-14 which delivered the first astronaut subject). As events are completed they are posted to http://www.bise.yorku.ca.
Mission patch
The BISE mission patch can be found at http://vgrserver.cse.yorku.ca/~bise/BISE/Welcome_files/shapeimage_6.png. It was designed by Gill German Design[1] and depicts the International Space Station, the Canadian Space Agency and the Oriented Character Recognition Test (OCHART) which is a key probe used by the BISE project to understand the perception of up.
See also
Scientific research on the ISS