Dr. Vaughan Clift develops medical technology for astronauts at NASA in Houston, Texas. The conditions in space are a great stimulus to creative solutions to unusual problems. Dr. Clift has invented a simple way of collecting and preserving blood without the need for refrigeration. This dried-blood technology is already earning NASA billions of dollars in "spin-offs"for the medical industry. Dr. Clift takes viewers on a guided tour around the Johnson Space Center. Here we see the Space Shuttle Trainer, the chamber where researchers are locked away for months to study recycling, and the famous "Vomit Comet."

Originally released by Chip Taylor Communications, 2007. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 12, 2014.

Introduction: Johnson Space Center (4:39); --Dried-Blood and Dried-Urine Technology (6:36); -- Closed Area Test (5:10); -- "Vomit Comet" (5:51); -- Medical Electronics (4:40); .