Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 170, Live Like a Martian.

I'm Gary Jordan, and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts,

scientists, engineers, astronauts, all to let you know what's going on in the world of human

spaceflight. We are continuing our Mars monthly series on first Fridays.

Last month we chatted with Dr. Grace Douglas

to discuss how we might address food and nutrition,

not only on our way to the Red Planet,

but once we get there and how we're going to have meal storage and prep and maybe

even grow our own food all on the table, pun intended, while planning for this kind of

trip.

Which leads us into our episode this month.

If you think about it, a multi-year journey to and from Mars,

as we are discovering in the series, will differ quite a bit

from our trips to low Earth orbit.

But the same human needs apply for a crew

headed to the surface of Mars, transportation, supplies,

sleep, food, staying mentally and physically healthy, like connecting with family and friends and

getting exercise, among other things.

We have learned a lot to prepare us for living on Mars from research on Earth and on long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station.

And we continue to learn how to keep our spacefarers safe and healthy every day.

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