What We Know About Astronauts, Artemis 2, & NASA - Suzanne Bell - #172

About this episode

Suzanne Bell discusses the psychological and operational challenges of preparing astronauts for long-duration space missions.

Thanks to HRBench for powering this episode. To find out more about the company building the future of people intelligence, reach out to book a demo at hrbench.com/directionallycorrect ! Check out this episode of the #1 people analytics podcast with special guest, Suzanne Bell, Lead Scientist, NASA’s Behavioral Health & Performance Lab! In this wide-ranging and deeply fascinating conversation, Cole Napper sits down with Suzanne Bell to explore one of the most unique and high-stakes applications of industrial-organizational psychology in the world: preparing human beings to live, work, and thrive in space. As a lead scientist at NASA, Suzanne shares how her team supports astronaut selection, behavioral health, team dynamics, cognitive readiness, sleep science, and mission performance as humanity prepares for a sustained return to deep space through the Artemis missions and eventually journeys to Mars. The conversation dives into the enormous psychological and operational challenges associated with long-duration spaceflight. Suzanne explains how life aboard spacecraft like Orion differs dramatically from even the International Space Station, where astronauts already operate under…

People in this episode

Host: Cole Napper

Guest: Suzanne Bell

Topics covered

• astronaut selection
• behavioral health
• team dynamics
• cognitive readiness
• long-duration spaceflight
• industrial-organizational psychology

Keywords

• NASA
• astronauts
• behavioral health
• spaceflight
• Artemis
• team dynamics
• cognitive readiness
• sleep science

Sponsors

HRBench

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, WRKdefined Podcast Network

Places: Mars, Orion, International Space Station

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