Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode 372, Space Cargo.

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.

Think about it like a road trip. There are a lot of

things you need to bring along with you for when you get to where you're going, but you only have

so much space to get everything to said destination. You feel like you're testing your skills in a

game of Tetris, and you can't forget about the passengers too. Not to mention, you might be bringing

time-sensitive items like food in a cooler for camping.

While we can all relate to the spatial challenges of packing for a road trip,

now think about that same situation, but for resupplying the crew on the International Space Station.

There are only a few launches a year, and you have to get everything the astronauts need to keep the research going and the station flying.

There are hundreds of moving pieces when it comes to launching cargo to the International Space Station to deliver supplies and crucial science to space.

Today, we're lucky to have cargo mission manager, Carrie Boyer from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston,

and payload processing manager Jennifer Wahlberg from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

To talk about the steps involved in getting things from Earth to orbit, starting with manifesting through launch and arrival and back.

Let's get started.

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Mark.

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Once commit lights are correct.

And here she goes.

Susan, we have a podcast.

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