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What a week at @UCF Space Week. Space Coast native, home again, surrounded by people building what's next in orbit. Grateful for every conversation about Franklin-1, our microgravity crystallization payload cartridge. More to come. 🚀
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Your brain is tuned to gravity, and in orbit it has to relearn which way is up. ESA's Brain-DTI study tracks that rewiring with MRI scans before and after flight, and what it finds is also helping people with balance disorders here on Earth.
[🇫🇷 version FR👇] This colorful, almost tropical-looking picture 🦜 is actually a scan of my brain, taken before I left Earth… In microgravity, where there is no familiar sense of up or down, the brain has to learn to interpret signals about movement, balance and orientation differently. 🧠  ESA’s Brain-DTI experiment uses advanced MRI scans to study changes in astronauts’ brains during a long-duration space mission. By comparing scans taken before and after the mission, researchers can study how the brain rewires itself to adapt to microgravity and living in 3 dimensions, and how it begins adapting back after the space mission. I had three MRIs at a @DLR_en facility during the first 15 days after my return, and will have one more in about six months. Brain-DTI helps scientists better understand what’s behind space motion sickness (which I’m happy to say I didn’t experience!), balance and disorientation, and the knowledge gained is also helping people affected by balance disorders on Earth. Go science! 🔬 📸 @esa /@NASA (1), Diana Giraldo (2), ESA – M. Cowan (3, 4) Cette image colorée, aux couleurs presque tropicales 🦜, est un scan de mon cerveau, réalisé avant mon départ pour la Station… En micropesanteur, où nos repères habituels de haut et de bas disparaissent, le cerveau doit apprendre à interpréter différemment les signaux liés au mouvement, à l’équilibre et à l’orientation. 🧠 L’expérience Brain-DTI de l’ESA utilise l’IRM pour étudier les changements qui se produisent dans le cerveau des astronautes au cours d’une mission spatiale de longue durée. En comparant les images réalisées avant et après la mission, les chercheurs peuvent étudier comment le cerveau se réorganise pour s’adapter à la micropesanteur et à la vie en trois dimensions, puis comment il commence à se réadapter une fois de retour sur Terre. J’ai fait trois IRM dans les locaux du @DLR_en dans les 15 jours qui ont suivi mon retour, et j’en ferai un dernier dans six mois ! Brain-DTI aide les scientifiques à mieux comprendre les mécanismes à l’origine du mal de l’espace (que je suis heureuse de ne pas avoir connu !), ainsi que des troubles de l’équilibre et de la désorientation. Les connaissances acquises contribuent également à aider les personnes souffrant de troubles de l’équilibre sur Terre. Vive la science ! 🔬 #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station • @ESA_fr • @belspo •
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And for more information about how space reshapes an astronaut's brain 👉 esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
[🇫🇷 version FR👇] This colorful, almost tropical-looking picture 🦜 is actually a scan of my brain, taken before I left Earth… In microgravity, where there is no familiar sense of up or down, the brain has to learn to interpret signals about movement, balance and orientation differently. 🧠  ESA’s Brain-DTI experiment uses advanced MRI scans to study changes in astronauts’ brains during a long-duration space mission. By comparing scans taken before and after the mission, researchers can study how the brain rewires itself to adapt to microgravity and living in 3 dimensions, and how it begins adapting back after the space mission. I had three MRIs at a @DLR_en facility during the first 15 days after my return, and will have one more in about six months. Brain-DTI helps scientists better understand what’s behind space motion sickness (which I’m happy to say I didn’t experience!), balance and disorientation, and the knowledge gained is also helping people affected by balance disorders on Earth. Go science! 🔬 📸 @esa /@NASA (1), Diana Giraldo (2), ESA – M. Cowan (3, 4) Cette image colorée, aux couleurs presque tropicales 🦜, est un scan de mon cerveau, réalisé avant mon départ pour la Station… En micropesanteur, où nos repères habituels de haut et de bas disparaissent, le cerveau doit apprendre à interpréter différemment les signaux liés au mouvement, à l’équilibre et à l’orientation. 🧠 L’expérience Brain-DTI de l’ESA utilise l’IRM pour étudier les changements qui se produisent dans le cerveau des astronautes au cours d’une mission spatiale de longue durée. En comparant les images réalisées avant et après la mission, les chercheurs peuvent étudier comment le cerveau se réorganise pour s’adapter à la micropesanteur et à la vie en trois dimensions, puis comment il commence à se réadapter une fois de retour sur Terre. J’ai fait trois IRM dans les locaux du @DLR_en dans les 15 jours qui ont suivi mon retour, et j’en ferai un dernier dans six mois ! Brain-DTI aide les scientifiques à mieux comprendre les mécanismes à l’origine du mal de l’espace (que je suis heureuse de ne pas avoir connu !), ainsi que des troubles de l’équilibre et de la désorientation. Les connaissances acquises contribuent également à aider les personnes souffrant de troubles de l’équilibre sur Terre. Vive la science ! 🔬 #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station • @ESA_fr • @belspo •
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Let's Talk Space Medicine retweeted
[🇫🇷 version FR👇] This colorful, almost tropical-looking picture 🦜 is actually a scan of my brain, taken before I left Earth… In microgravity, where there is no familiar sense of up or down, the brain has to learn to interpret signals about movement, balance and orientation differently. 🧠  ESA’s Brain-DTI experiment uses advanced MRI scans to study changes in astronauts’ brains during a long-duration space mission. By comparing scans taken before and after the mission, researchers can study how the brain rewires itself to adapt to microgravity and living in 3 dimensions, and how it begins adapting back after the space mission. I had three MRIs at a @DLR_en facility during the first 15 days after my return, and will have one more in about six months. Brain-DTI helps scientists better understand what’s behind space motion sickness (which I’m happy to say I didn’t experience!), balance and disorientation, and the knowledge gained is also helping people affected by balance disorders on Earth. Go science! 🔬 📸 @esa /@NASA (1), Diana Giraldo (2), ESA – M. Cowan (3, 4) Cette image colorée, aux couleurs presque tropicales 🦜, est un scan de mon cerveau, réalisé avant mon départ pour la Station… En micropesanteur, où nos repères habituels de haut et de bas disparaissent, le cerveau doit apprendre à interpréter différemment les signaux liés au mouvement, à l’équilibre et à l’orientation. 🧠 L’expérience Brain-DTI de l’ESA utilise l’IRM pour étudier les changements qui se produisent dans le cerveau des astronautes au cours d’une mission spatiale de longue durée. En comparant les images réalisées avant et après la mission, les chercheurs peuvent étudier comment le cerveau se réorganise pour s’adapter à la micropesanteur et à la vie en trois dimensions, puis comment il commence à se réadapter une fois de retour sur Terre. J’ai fait trois IRM dans les locaux du @DLR_en dans les 15 jours qui ont suivi mon retour, et j’en ferai un dernier dans six mois ! Brain-DTI aide les scientifiques à mieux comprendre les mécanismes à l’origine du mal de l’espace (que je suis heureuse de ne pas avoir connu !), ainsi que des troubles de l’équilibre et de la désorientation. Les connaissances acquises contribuent également à aider les personnes souffrant de troubles de l’équilibre sur Terre. Vive la science ! 🔬 #εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station • @ESA_fr • @belspo •
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The crew members wrapping up their time in NASA's yearlong Mars mission simulation, CHAPEA, have been testing an "ambulance in a box" designed at NASA Glenn! The Multi-functional Integrated Medical device could help astronauts on long missions to the Moon or Mars handle medical emergencies in space without real-time help from Earth. Glenn experts designed procedures, created fictional medical scenarios, and are collecting crew feedback to improve the system. More on CHAPEA: go.nasa.gov/4fW5ffI
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The ISS National Lab's Chief Operating Officer, Francisco Cordova, participated in the panel, "Made in Microgravity," at the Space Economy Summit in Orlando earlier today & discussed R&D progress on station. @EconUS #spaceeconomysummit @RhScientific
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Space has a way of surprising us, even when our eyes are closed. Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch shares one of the unexpected experiences the crew had during their mission around the Moon in an interview with EL PAÍS. Image credit: NASA
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Last month, we moved into our new CSM office! We look forward to making this a hub for collaboration as we continue to explore innovations in space health with the translational potential to address challenges in some of Earth’s most demanding environments. #SpaceHealth
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Let's Talk Space Medicine retweeted
Reminder for my Michigan friends. @OSMEDSpace event tomorrow from 4-6pm. Leinweber Innovation Lab 2455 Hayward Street Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 United States, Earth maps.app.goo.gl/M52ig692LNW8… osmed.org/upcoming-events/os…
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A landmark day! UTMB and community partners gathered yesterday to celebrate the new @utmb_spph Department of Aerospace and Exploration Medicine! Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA's Chief Health and Medical Officer, presented an inspiring lecture before the official department ribbon-cutting.
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Strong bones! Many of you asked for more about the bone strength study in my recent post. The area on my shin was numbed with lidocaine and the investigator used this instrument to penetrate to the bone surface and get a reading of the material strength of my tibia. Thanks to lots of exercise on-board the @Space_Station, my tibia was actually stronger than it was pre-flight!
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The ribbon is cut. We’re building on decades of UTMB aerospace medicine experience to expand research and training for aviation, spaceflight, and other demanding environments. Explore our department’s next chapter utmb.us/gz0
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Could better architecture keep astronauts healthier? Join OSMED TODAY at 11 AM ET with architect Stephanie Brick & host Phnam Bagley to explore human-centered design for healthier environments on Earth and in space Free & open to all! osmed.org/upcoming-events/me… #humanspaceflight
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Simulated Microgravity Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cell Senescence via the Activation of Cytosolic mtDNA-cGAS-STING Axis pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4257…
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Join us for the RAeS Stewart Memorial Lecture 2026, where Dr Peter Hodkinson FRAeS will present 'From Aviation Medicine to Human Spaceflight'. 23 November 2026, RAeS HQ, London and online aerosociety.com/events-calen… Thank you to our sponsor of this lecture, @MB_EjectEject
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🔬 NASA astronaut Anil Menon sets up ADSEP-2 aboard the ISS, enabling research in cell and tissue culture, protein crystal growth, microbiology, and materials science in microgravity. 🛰️ #ISSResearch #ScienceInSpace
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The #SpaceXCRS35 mission delivered a diverse portfolio of science, including ISS National Lab-sponsored research aimed at advancing discoveries that benefit life on Earth and in space. Learn more about the investigations: ow.ly/IMfF5101jgi
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