PU 31: NASA’s Artemis II Mission

PU 31: NASA’s Artemis II Mission

From Punching Upwards by Fabian A. Scherschel

April 12, 2026 · 1h 8m

About this episode

The episode discusses the contrasting views on NASA's Artemis II mission to the moon.

Depending who you ask, NASA’s new mission to the moon was either the scientific breakthrough of the century or an utterly boring waste of money. Which is it? Punching Upwards , Episode 31 for 12 April 2026 Topics: Science / Space 🦉 No AI Content 📢 Podcast RSS Feed Some of the photos taken by the Artemis II crew (images courtesy of NASA): The astronauts back on Earth (images courtesy of NASA): NASA photo galleries: * Artemis II Launch * Artemis II Journey to the Moon * Artemis II Lunar Flyby * Artemis II Return to Earth * Artemis II Splashdown and Return Credits Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen , Fadi Mansour , Evgeny Kuznetsov , Vlad A Gouf , Bennet Piater and Sir Galteran for supporting this podcast financially and therefore making it possible for me to produce it! See Also * Kerbal Space Program * The Expanse: novels , TV series Sources * Liftoff! NASA astronauts have launched on a historic journey to the moon , NPR , 1 April 2026 * Outlook in space , Marcus House (tweet), 2 April 2026 * Moon Joy, Courtesy of NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts , NASA, 10 April 2026 * Artemis II reentry, splashdown & recovery , CNN , 11 April 2026 * Artemis II Reference Guide , NASA, undated * Orion…

People in this episode

Host: Fabian A. Scherschel

Topics covered

  • NASA
  • Artemis II
  • moon mission
  • space exploration
  • science
  • politics

Keywords

  • NASA
  • Artemis II
  • moon
  • space
  • science
  • politics
  • exploration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, NPR, CNN, Marcus House

Books & works: Fight or Fall

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