About this episode

The episode covers the launch of Artemis II and the journey of four astronauts around the Moon.

Four astronauts are on their way around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. This week on Planetary Radio we bring you the sounds of launch day and the voices of the people who made it happen.

Topics covered

• Artemis II
• Moon mission
• space exploration
• launch day
• astronauts
• NASA

Keywords

• Artemis II
• Moon
• launch
• astronauts
• space exploration
• NASA
• 50 years

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Moon

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