Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 255, Artemis

Mission Design.

I'm Gary Jordan.

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.

With the Artemis 1 mission taking the main stage, we hope you've had a chance to dig through

our collection of episodes leading up to the mission on all the different systems, programs,

and of course, people that have come together to make this mission a reality.

It's important to note that this mission sets us up for future Artemis missions, next

sending humans around the moon, then landing humans on the lunar surface, then expanding

our presence at the orbiting gateway, new surface exploration technologies, and of course,

as always, science.

We're already thinking about what comes next, and how these Artemis missions build on one

another to continue technology demonstration science and exploration on the moon, and

that prepares us for Mars.

To help set the stage for Moon to Mars, there is a dedicated group at NASA's Johnson Space

Center serving as a focal point for collecting as much information as necessary to design

Artemis missions.

It's a massive task.

So to help us understand the planning and considerations needed to successfully design

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