Artemis II: 9. Bye bye, fly-by

Artemis II: 9. Bye bye, fly-by

From 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II by BBC World Service

April 7, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

The episode covers the Artemis II crew's recent lunar fly-by and the events surrounding it.

It’s been a busy 24 hours for the Artemis II crew. They have completed a lunar fly-by, surpassed the furthest distance humans have ever travelled from planet Earth, gone through a communications black out period, and witnessed a lunar eclipse. Host space scientist Maggie Aderin is joined by space journalist Kristin Fisher who, like many of us, stayed up to watch the fly-by. And BBC News science editor Rebecca Morelle calls in from Houston to give us the latest from mission control. The first pictures back were published by Nasa just as this episode began recording. And former BBC space correspondent Jonathan Amos joins the “13 minutes community”, giving his perspective on the historic mission and the events of the last 24 hrs. Season 4 theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music. You can get in touch with the 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II team by emailing 13minutes@bbc.co.uk. 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is a BBC Audio Science production for the BBC World Service. Presenters: Tim Peake and Maggie Aderin Producers: Alex Mansfield and Sophie Ormiston Series editor: Martin Smith

People in this episode

Hosts: Maggie Aderin, Tim Peake

Guests: Kristin Fisher, Rebecca Morelle

Topics covered

  • space exploration
  • lunar mission
  • Artemis II
  • communications
  • eclipse
  • NASA updates

Keywords

  • Artemis II
  • lunar fly-by
  • space mission
  • NASA
  • lunar eclipse
  • communications blackout
  • space journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nasa, BBC World Service, BBC Audio Science

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