Foundations of Space Biology and Medicine is a collective scientific work which reviews the most important problems, achievements, and prospects for the development of space biology and medicine. Its purpose is to make available summarized and systematized data on the most important problems of space biology and medicine.
The work was developed by a Joint Editorial Board established by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.

Contents of Volume II - Book Two
Introduction
Effect of Radiant Energy from Space on the Organism
Radio-Frequency and Microwave Energies, Magnetic and Electric Fields
Ultraviolet, Visible, and Infrared Rays
Ionizing Radiations
Psychophysiological Problems of Space Flight
Biological and Physiological Rhythms
Psychophysiological Stress of Space Flight
Physiology of the Sensory Sphere Under Spaceflight Conditions
Astronaut Activity
Combined Effect of Spaceflight Factors on Man and Animals; Methods of Investigation
Combined Effect of Flight Factors
Methods of Investigation in Space Biology and Medicine: Transmission of Biomedical Data
Biologic Guidelines for Future Space Research
Authors' Addresses
Index