Blue Dot: The science behind NASA's historic return to the Moon with Artemis 2
From Blue Dot by Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler
April 10, 2026 · 52 min
About this episode
The episode explores the scientific goals of NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the Moon.
Blue Dot presents a special program produced during the Artemis 2 mission to take an in-depth look at the science objectives for the historic lunar mission, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, and flew by the Moon on April 6.
People in this episode
Hosts: Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler
Topics covered
- NASA
- Artemis 2
- lunar mission
- space exploration
- science objectives
Keywords
- NASA
- Artemis 2
- lunar mission
- space science
- Kennedy Space Center
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NASA
Places: Kennedy Space Center, Moon
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