Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 333,

Mars Audio Log Number 9.

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

On this podcast we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, astronauts astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the world of human space light and more

We're back with another audio log from the Chappia crew

Chappia or crew health and performance exploration analog is a year-long analog

mission in a habitat right here on Earth that's simulating very closely what it

would be like to live on Mars. We're lucky enough to have monthly check-ins

with the crew. Commander Kelly Haston,

flight engineer Ross Brockwell, medical officer Nathan Jones, and science officer Anka Salaru.

To meet the needs of fitting in with this analog and simulating significant communication

delays between Earth and Mars that prohibit us from having a live conversation, the crew is recording

an audiologue based off of the questions that we draft for them.

On this episode, we play the recording of their ninth month in the Habitat, which is here at the

NASA Johnson Space Center and was recorded in March 2024.

We're also bringing on a special guest to learn even more about Chappia.

This month is on a broader topic of Mars Architecture.

Chappia is helping scientists to understand what it's like from the human health and performance

perspective to live on Mars.

NASA's current human exploration initiatives

with sustained human exploration of low-Earth orbit and the Moon serve as a pathway

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