Artemis II: 10. How to train your astronaut
13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II
BBC
9.5 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
After all the excitement of the lunar fly-by, the Artemis II crew are taking a breather, and have a long-distance call with the astronauts on board the International Space Station.
Besides the Artemis II and ISS crews, there are other humans up in space too. China’s Tiangong space station is currently home to three taikonauts. Hosts astronaut Tim Peake and space scientist Maggie Aderin are joined by space journalist Kristin Fisher to discuss China’s progress in their lunar program so far.
And Artemis II chief training officer Jacki Mahaffey tells Tim, Maggie and Kristin how the crew were trained to expect the unexpected, how astronaut preparation has changed since the Apollo days, and how she feels about the upcoming splashdown.
You can get in touch with the 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II team by emailing 13minutes@bbc.co.uk.
Season 4 theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.
13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is a BBC Audio Science production for the BBC World Service.
Presenters: Tim Peake and Maggie Aderin Producers: Alex Mansfield and Sophie Ormiston Series editor: Martin Smith
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| 0:13.5 | But who are the family behind one of the world's tech giants? |
| 0:17.2 | They often say, look, we built the nation. |
| 0:19.2 | And without us, South Korea as it exists today, |
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| 0:28.3 | and their company. They are the equivalent of royalty. Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.5 | Welcome to 13 Minutes presents Artemis 2 from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm astronaut Tim Peake and this is episode 10 approaching flight day 8. |
| 0:51.8 | And I'm space scientist Maggie Adairn. |
| 0:54.9 | We're following the progress of the first crude mission around the moon in more than 50 |
| 0:59.4 | years with a new episode every day. |
| 1:04.8 | Integrity, this is the International Space Station. |
| 1:08.4 | How do you hear? |
| 1:11.6 | Hey, International Space Station and Jessica, we have you loud and clear. How about us? |
| 1:17.6 | We have you loud and clear as well, and we have B&M TV up. So we have a view of you right now, and it is making us so excited. |
| 1:25.6 | We feel like you're here with us, |
| 1:28.3 | and this is really just making our entire week right now. |
| 1:32.3 | We have been waiting for this like you can't imagine. |
| 1:35.3 | Let me go check on our PFD. |
| 1:38.3 | We are 201,726, now 25 nautical miles from planet Earth. |
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