Shubhanshu Shukla working to develop brain-computer interface in space –

Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut on the International Space Station, is working to develop a brain-computer interface in the orbital lab. US space agency NASA shared in a blog post that Shukla, who is part of the Axiom Space Mission-4, along with fellow astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from Poland, partnered together in the Columbus laboratory and studied using near-infrared technology to record brain activity for constructing brain-computer interfaces. The experiment called the “Thoughts over Gravity” explored how astronauts can use their brains to control or communicate with computers in space, even in challenging low-gravity conditions. Earlier, Shukla worked in the Destiny laboratory module on ISS to understand how tiny aquatic animals survive numerous harsh climates, including microgravity. He also looked at muscle cell stem cultures through a microscope to understand the muscle repair process in weightlessness. Lucknow-born Shukla is on a 14-day scientific expedition on the ISS as part of the Axiom-4 mission, along with three other astronauts from the US, Poland, and Hungary.