Encore: A Year In Mars Dune Alpha
2026-10-20
To prepare for the day when humans travel to Mars, NASA is conducting a one-year experiment in a Mars simulation environment. So what’s it like to spend a year in CHAPEA, the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog? Travel through the airlock with voice recordings made by the four-person crew, including what it feels like—and smells like—inside their realistic 3D printed habitat and how virtual reality gives them the sensation of walking on the Red Planet. This episode was originally published in 2023. For more information about CHAPEA, visit nasa.gov/chapea.
NASA's Curious Universe
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An official NASA podcast bringing you mind-blowing stories you won’t find anywhere else.
What does it take to launch a rocket? What happens when we go looking for life beyond Earth? And what can the universe teach us next?
With extraordinary access to the people and places behind NASA’s exploration of space, Curious Universe brings you closer to the discoveries shaping what we know about our universe.
Don’t forget your curiosity.