Artemis II is go: humans head to the Moon after half-century absence

About this episode

The episode discusses NASA's Artemis II launch and its significance for lunar exploration.

In this podcast we'll talk about NASA's Artemis II launch, which has ushered in a new era of lunar exploration. Nature :  Lift off! Artemis II mission sends humans to the Moon — opening a new era of exploration Nature:  Artemis II mission is about to fly humans to the Moon — here’s the science they’ll do Nature:  Humanity is heading back to the Moon — why aren’t more scientists thrilled? Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• lunar exploration
• NASA
• Artemis II
• space missions
• science news

Keywords

• Artemis II
• NASA
• Moon
• lunar exploration
• space missions
• science news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Books & works: Nature

Places: Moon

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