Short Wave

Want to spend a year living in NASA's Mars simulation?

July 31, 2026·12 min·4-min readconversationalscience
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This episode of NPR’s Shortwave explores three space-related stories: NASA’s call for volunteers to simulate a year-long mission to the moon and Mars, the discovery of a sugar molecule in interstellar space that could shed light on the origins of life, and the reawakening of the New Hor

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Ari Daniel

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Regina BarberScott DetrowAri DanielAlice BowmanÁngel MojaroEdaskun Jimenez Serra

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NASA

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Nature Astronomy

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AstronomyBiologyClimate ChangeNeuroscienceResearchScientific MethodSpace Exploration

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