Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center.

Episode 189, Benefits for Humanity, Science for All. I'm Pat Ryan. On this podcast we talk with scientists, engineers,

astronauts, all kinds of experts about their part in America's Space

Exploration Program. Today we're going to take you inside an important aspect of the mission of the International

Space Station.

Last November, we marked a full 20 years of continuous human presence on the station. That's continued right up to today of course,

and that's more than 20 years now that scientists on Earth have had the benefit of trained

hands on orbit to help them complete science experiments that they just cannot

do here on Earth.

We're talking about breakthroughs in human knowledge, about pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and and chemistry and the new devices that will help

put humans on the moon in just a few years and then on to Mars.

NASA has sponsored a series of panel discussions in recognition of the 20th anniversary of

continued human presence on the station.

We brought you the first ones in February and March, and today we bring you a group chat focused on space station science, why it matters that we can do

research in microgravity, the kinds of science we do there, and examples of things

we've already learned that are benefiting

you and me here on Earth and how the station research is getting us better prepared for the missions

of Project Artemis.

The moderator is Tara Rutley. She's the associate chief

scientist for gravitational research at NASA headquarters. She used to be a

Space Station Program Science Office official here in Houston, and she shared her enthusiasm

for Space Station Science on episode 9 of this podcast.

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