Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 31, 2018: Andrzej Stewart of the Hi-SEAS IV Mars Simulation Mission

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Special Guest:

Andrzej Stewart currently works in Mission Control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. However, from 2015-2016, Andrzej acted as the Chief Engineering Officer during the year-long Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (Hi-SEAS) IV Mars simulation mission on Mauna Loa. Prior to that he participated in NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) simulation where he acted as the flight engineer.

Aside from his mission-simulation participation, Andrzej has extensive design and engineering experience within the space program having worked on projects such as Spitzer, NASA's Deep Space Network, and the Orion spacecraft.

You can read about Andrzej's time ""on Mars"" and learn more about him by visiting his blog,

Surfing with the Aliens

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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.