Viseo-Motor Coordination Facility (VCF)

Using the Visuo-Motor Coordination Facility (VCF), Dr. Bock will assess changes in the eye-hand coordination of astronauts during adaptation to microgravity. Developed by the Agence Spatiale Canadiene (Canadian Space Agency), especially for this test, the VCF projects visual targets onto a screen. AS the targets appear, the astronaut will point at them as they move from place to place, grasp at them as they change in size, and track them as they move in a circle. A payload aboard STS-90