SCIENCE

Crew 7 to conduct 200 studies on ISS

By Sanjana Shankar

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Mission

NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the Crew 7 mission to ISS on August 17. Four astronauts will conduct over 200 scientific investigations on the space station.

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Crew

Crew 7 mission astronauts include NASA's Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA's Andreas Mogensen, JAXA's Satoshi Furukawa, and Konstantin Borisov of Roscosmos.

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Samples

Astronauts will collect samples during spacewalks to determine if the ISS releases microorganisms. These samples will be returned to Earth for further analysis.

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Sleep impact

Another study aims to assess sleep differences on Earth and in space. For that, scientists will be sending a earbud EEG (Electroencephalogram) device on the mission.

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Spaceflight

The mission will also conduct the first study of "human response to varying spaceflight durations" which intends to monitor how conditions in space affect humans.

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