Brain Research Continues on Station Ahead of Cargo Mission Launch
NASA astronauts (from left) Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers pose for a portrait inside the cupola while monitoring the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew as it approached the International Space Station on June 26, 2025.NASA Brain research continued aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday as the Expedition 73 and Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crews kept up their ongoing space biology studies. Meanwhile, a Progress cargo craft counts down to its launch to resupply the orbital residents this weekend. NASA Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers took her turn today in the Columbus laboratory module wearing neck and chest electrodes measuring oscillations in the blood flow from her brain to the heart for the Drain Brain 2.0 human research experiment. Similarly, Ax-4 private astronaut Tibor Kapu wore a cap that imaged blood flow in his cerebral artery using doppler ultrasound for the Cerebral Hemodynamics investigation. Veteran astronaut and Ax-4 Commander...