Airlock Module

In this episode of The Airlock Module Podcast , Yuki sits down with engineer, analog astronaut, and Transcendental Meditation instructor Karim Nahabet to explore the intersection of human performance, consciousness, and space operations. From serving as Executive Officer and Commander at LunAres to leading a mission at the Armash Mars Research Station in Armenia, Karim shares real-world lessons fr...

In this episode of The Airlock Module Podcast , Yuki Nishimura sits down with Adriana Talianova , a mechanical engineering student at Northwestern University and experienced analog mission operator, to explore what it really takes to live and work in simulated space environments.   From serving as CAPCOM and Flight Activities Officer in Asclepios Mission Control to improving habitat systems during...

In this episode of The Airlock Module Podcast , Yuki Nishimura sits down with Jesse Forte : technologist, creative, analog astronaut, and founder of AstrOnyx . Jesse shares his unconventional path into analog space missions, from last-minute calls that sent him to Poland to leadership roles at HI-SEAS, Iceland extreme missions, and commanding a multinational crew at Astroland’s underground Mars an...

In this episode of The Airlock Module Podcast , Yuki Nishimura sits down with Dr. Laura Thomas , Chartered Psychologist, space psychology researcher, and extreme-environment explorer. Laura shares her journey from clinical psychology in the UK to analog space missions and polar expeditions, including her role as Crew Psychological Officer for Mars Medics 5 in the Mojave Desert, researcher on the B...

What happens when you put an architect in charge of a lunar habitat, then lock the doors for two weeks? In this episode of The Airlock Module Podcast , host Yuki Nishimura sits down with Marta Rossi , a PhD student in architecture specializing in space architecture at Politecnico di Torino and mission commander of the LunAres M7 analog mission in Poland. Marta shares how a simple master’s thesis d...

In this episode of The Airlock Module , Yuki sits down with Nadine Duursma , a TU Delft double-MSc student in Robotics & Space Engineering and visiting researcher at ESA’s Φ-lab. Fresh from the Monsaraz Mars Analog Mission , Portugal’s first, Nadine shares how her crew transformed an empty dome into a working habitat in 48 hours, then tackled EVAs in 35°C heat, rover tele-ops with latency, a d...

In this episode, we head to Homer, Alaska, where the northern lights glow and alpacas roam, to meet Laura Reiske: middle school math teacher, lifelong space nerd, and Chief of Staff for the APUS Analog Research Group. Laura shares how a love for black holes and clear Alaskan skies led her back to space, from NASA’s L’SPACE Mission Concept Academy (Deputy PM for Team SIGMA) to pursuing a master’s i...

Meet Hanna , the first Armenian analog astronaut and a robotics engineering student charting her own course into space. We trace her leap from Buzz Lightyear–sparked curiosity to real-world missions: ground operations support on AMADEE-24 at ARMASH (Armenia) , astronaut on the all-female LOTOS mission at the Analog Astronaut Training Center (Poland) , and crew member on Terra Nova at LunAres (Pola...

Dennis Miller embodies purpose, precision, and passion, on Earth and in analog space. As Chief of Operations and Flight Director for the APUS Analog Research Group, Dennis has led student teams through Mars-style simulations, drawing on two decades in the U.S. Marine Corps and his current work supporting NASA procurement at Goddard.  In this episode, Dennis traces his unlikely path from F-18 avion...

What will astronauts actually eat, and what can Mars menus teach us about feeding people on Earth? Yuki talks with Kristine Jane Atienza , public health nutritionist, founder of the Space Nutrition Network, and the first Filipino analog astronaut , about living and working at HI-SEAS, balancing calories, protein, and morale, and why cultural food identity (yes, adobo and rice!) belongs in space. K...