Hey there, Houston. We have a podcast listeners. You know that we bring you the scientists,

engineers, and astronauts to tell you what's going on in the world of human spaceflight. But who do

you want to hear from? We are gearing up for 2026 and want to know if there's any topics that

you'd like us to cover. So if there's a certain department, project, or aspect of human spaceflight that

you'd like to know more about, email us at NASA-Huston Podcast at mail.n.gauv. And it may be featured

on an episode next year. And now back to your regularly scheduled podcast. Houston, we have a podcast.

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

episode 406, The Evolution of the Laboratory. I'm Dane Turner, 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. We've recently hit a monumental milestone. Expedition 1 began on November 2nd, 2000,

so November 2nd 2025 marks 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station.

And to celebrate that, we are dedicating several

upcoming episodes to covering different aspects of the ISS and how we got to where we are today.

For nearly a quarter century, the station has been a hub of scientific discovery, international

partnership, and technological innovation, and those discoveries and innovations are what we're

going to focus on today. To tell us more about our orbiting laboratory and the science that's

been done there, we have deputy manager of the ISS Vehicle Office, Laura Shaw, and International

Space Station Programme chief scientist Jennifer Buckley. Together, we'll hypothesize just what it is that makes the International Space Station so

instrumental.

Let's get started.

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