ESA astronauts Frank De Winne (l) and Andre Kuipers (r) during training at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. De Winne and Kuipers receive training from Manuela Aguzzi for the Neurospat experiment. Neurospat aims to study the processing pattern of the brain during cognitive tasks in microgravity. Frank De Winne is currently preparing for his mission to the ISS between May and November 2009. Kuipers is assigned as his back-up. Neurospat is one of the experiments scheduled for the mission.