About this episode

The episode discusses the Artemis II mission, which set a record for the furthest distance humans have traveled into space.

Astronauts on the Nasa spacecraft Artemis II are on their way back to Earth after travelling around the Moon. The spacecraft broke the record for the furthest distance humans have travelled into space, reaching 406,771km away from the Earth. While the crew did not land on the Moon, this is the first time humans have travelled to the Moon since 1972. Learn about the news in a level of English you can understand with Georgie and Pippa. Get a free worksheet for this episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260408 Learn about all our podcasts here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/podcasts

People in this episode

Hosts: Georgie, Pippa

Topics covered

• space exploration
• Artemis II
• NASA
• Moon travel
• distance records
• astronauts

Keywords

• Artemis II
• NASA
• Moon
• space travel
• astronauts
• distance record
• 406,771km

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nasa

Places: Moon, Earth

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