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

344, Gateway, The Lunar Space Station. I'm Leah Cheshire and I'm 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.

You may know Johnson Space Center as the home of the International Space Station

Mission Control, but did you know we're planning for another space station?

This time, one that will orbit the Moon?

As part of the Artemis program, Gateway will be Humanity's first space station beyond

low Earth orbit, with the first elements scheduled to

launch ahead of the Artemis 4 mission on track for 2028. This will be a place

where astronauts can live and work for up to 90 days preparing for lunar surface

missions or contributing to scientific research

that cannot be done in low Earth orbit.

Later in the episode you'll hear from my co-host Kenapell who spoke with Stephanie Dudley,

Gateways Integration and Util utilization manager, about how the Lunar

Space Station will be used for science.

But first up, joining me to talk about Gateway is NASA astronaut Randy Bresnick.

Prior to his selection as an astronaut in 2004, Bresnick was an FAA

fighter pilot and test pilot and was eventually deployed to Kuwait to fly combat missions

in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. A veteran of STTS 129, he has also trained as a Kavanaut with the European Space Agency,

as well as an aquanaut for NASA's Extreme Environment Mission Operation, or Nemo 19.

Bresnick served as the commander of the International Space Station for Expedition 53

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