Everything you need to know about Artemis II so far

About this episode

The episode discusses the Artemis II mission, highlighting the crew's experiences and challenges during their journey.

This week Artemis II’s four-astronaut crew broke Apollo 13’s distance record, becoming the humans to travel the farthest from Earth. Now on their way home, the team has experienced tech malfunctions, views like no other and moments of intense emotion, all in under 10 days. To find out about all the highs and lows of the mission, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

People in this episode

Host: Madeleine Finlay

Guest: Ian Sample

Topics covered

• Artemis II
• space travel
• Apollo missions
• astronauts
• technology
• emotions in space

Keywords

• Artemis II
• Apollo 13
• space mission
• astronaut crew
• technology malfunctions
• space emotions

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