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Worth watching: HERA XVII Ingress May 4

2018-05-03
NASA’s Johnson Space Center will hold a Facebook Live event May 4 from 7:20 to 7:35 p.m. for the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) XVII ingress. Ingress is slated for 7:30 p.m.

Tune in to the Johnson Facebook page to see HERA’s latest four crew members enter the facility for their 45-day mission. This mission, a make-up mission for the truncated HERA XIV mission, will focus on sleep deprivation and how to mitigate these effects, along with several other objectives. For details, visit the research tile of the HERA website: https://www.nasa.gov/analogs/hera

Bookmark the site and check back for updated crew photos and to follow the mission clock. HERA XVII will egress June 18.

 
Monica Edwards
NASA Johnson Space Center
 
HERA XVII is an added mission to HERA Campaign 4 to make up for the HERA XIV mission truncated by Hurricane Harvey. Image Credit: NASA