The Final Frontier of Science: Neurological Organoids and Space Farming

Astronauts on Expedition 71 will explore neurological, botanical, and physiological responses to space, contributing to safer space travel and sustainable life support systems.

Studies of neurological organoids, plant growth, and shifts in body fluids are among the scientific investigations that NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson will help support aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 71. Barratt joins a group of astronauts participating in a suite of experiments, Complement of Integrated Protocols for Human Exploration Research or CIPHER, that is helping scientists learn how extended durations in space change the human body. The crew launched on March 3 and will dock to the station on March 5.