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Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of NASA Johnson's Space Center, episode 404, Chippea

Mission 2.

I'm Kenna Pell and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts all to let you

know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and more.

Four individuals recently embarked on a year-long analog mission in a habitat right here on Earth

that will simulate very closely what it would be like to live on Mars.

The analog mission is called Chippea, or crew health and performance exploration analog.

The primary purpose of this study is human research.

Chappia was developed to enable an operational integrated evaluation of relevant human health and performance outcomes in relation to Mars mission realistic resources and constraints.

The data from these missions will bring us forward on the path to Mars in response to a clear mission directive from the president to NASA.

This mission, facilitated by NASA's

human research program, is the second one-year Mars surface simulation conducted through Chappia.

The previous mission ran from June 2023 through July 24, and we followed along with monthly

check-ins on this show. On this first episode covering this year-long mission, we were able to sit down with the

Chippeam Mission 2 crew to gauge their thoughts and get to know them a few days ahead of their

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