iss073e0025371 (5/7/2025) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers prepares to swap sample cassettes inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor-4 (ADSEP-4). The research device enables the automated processing of samples in microgravity, is configurable for space biology and space physics investigations, and can be launched to the International Space Station and returned to Earth inside the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft for further processing and analysis.
Date May 7, 2025