The CHAPEA crew checks in on their last month inside of a simulated Mars habitat, and the principal investigator reflects on the year-long mission ahead of the crew’s egress. HWHAP Episode 346.
Houston, we have a podcast.
Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space center.
Episode 346, Mars audio log number twelve.
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 and more.
We're back with the final audio log from the ChePEa crew chi Pia, or crew health and performance exploration.
Analog is a year long analog study right here in a habitat on Earth that is 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 Hasten, flight engineer Ross Brockwell, medical officer Nathan Jones, and science officer Anka Solaryu.
To meet the needs of fitting in with this analogue and simulating significant communication delays between Earth and Mars that prohibit us from having a live conversation, the crew recorded an audio log based off the questions that we draft for them.
On this episode, we're playing the recording of their 12th and final month in the Habitat, which is here at NASA's Johnson Space center and was recorded in July 2024.
I know, I know.
If you're keeping track, you're probably thinking we skipped June, but it's just the way the schedule worked out.
By the time this audio log podcast comes out, the crew will have already egressed the habitat.
So youll hear from each of the crew members just days before they completed the mission.
Our special guest for the final audio log is Grace Douglas, Chepea principal investigator, and were excited to welcome her back to the podcast.
We spoke with her during audio log number one to kick us off.
So its only fitting that we close this chapter of our special Houston, we have a podcast audio log series and Shapiya mission one with the person who made it all happen.
So with that, here are the parting thoughts from the Shipya crew and remarks from the ChepEa principal investigator ahead of the mission's conclusion.
Let's get into it.
We have a podcast.