About this episode

The episode discusses the Artemis II mission and its connection to a previous lunar lander mission.

The Artemis II mission that made its trip around the Moon didn’t happen in a vacuum. It was built in part on a mission that happened a couple of years ago. We return to a story about a scrappy lunar lander that nearly didn’t make it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Topics covered

• space exploration
• lunar missions
• Artemis program
• technology
• history of space travel

Keywords

• Artemis II
• lunar lander
• Moon mission
• space technology
• NASA

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Places: Moon

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