From the unflattering-angles department, this lovely shot of paleface the cosmonaut undergoing orthostatic training. This is where they lift the table from 45 degrees down to 50 degrees up, and the blood goes south for the winter. During their orthostatic tests they lift the cosmonauts to 70 degrees vertical, and many pass out. Our subject is looking a tad pale in this one, taken before he learned to squeeze specific muscles to keep the blood up where it belongs. |