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Monitoring Sleep in Space

Experiment Carried to ISS with Ax-4 Mission

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Tom Patton
Jun 17, 2025
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Everyone needs a good night’s sleep to perform at their best—including astronauts. A technology demonstration launching to the International Space Station on Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) will test a wearable device that collects biometric data such as total sleep time and heart rate variability during sleep.

“This technology will provide crew members with deta…

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