Houston, we have a podcast.

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

episode 24 Space Habitats.

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

So on this podcast, we bring in the experts, NASA scientists, engineers, astronauts, all to let you

know all the coolest information that's going on right here at NASA.

So today we're talking about the Space Habitat Analog that we have here at the NASA Johnson Space Center called the Human Exploration

Research Analog, or Hera, with Lisa Spence and Paul Halgan.

Here in Houston, Lisa is the flight analog's project manager for Hera, and Paul is the Hera Operations

Engineer.

They work with the people who actually stay in Hera, this analog, and simulate deep space missions for days, weeks, and now more than

a month.

And actually just recently, the campaign for Mission 3 this year just got out, and they're

going home for the holidays and

speaking of which happy holidays to all of you whether you celebrate Christmas

Hanukkah Kwanza whatever happy holidays and I'm glad to see that the campaign

for Mission 3 crew members are going to be going home too.

But here with Lisa and Paul, we had a great discussion about Hera, what it is, what it's like

inside, what crew members do on missions, what we're learning, and then

how to sign up for those missions.

So with no further delay, let's go light speed and jump right ahead to our talk with

Ms. Lisa Spence and Dr. Halgan. Enjoy. T-minus T-minus, second, then, county.

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