Artemis II: 4. Launch after-party
13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II
BBC
9.5 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The moment we’ve all been waiting for… Nasa’s Artemis II mission has launched.
Next up is the big decision whether to commit to the lunar flyby and the big engine burn that will need. Testing systems and life-support continues, with engine burns slowly lifting the height of the earth orbit, raising the speed at which the Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) leap into history can begin.
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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| 0:39.2 | Welcome to 13 Minutes Presents, Artemis 2 from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm space scientist Maggie Adairn. |
| 0:48.2 | I'm astronaut Timpeak and we're following the progress of the first crude mission around |
| 0:52.9 | the moon in more than 50 years, with a new episode every day. |
| 0:57.3 | Seven. |
| 0:58.4 | RS-25 engines. |
| 1:00.4 | And this was the moment we had all been waiting for, probably the most played news clip in the world today. |
| 1:06.1 | And lift off. |
| 1:08.4 | The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon. Humanity's next great voyage begins. |
| 1:16.3 | And as ever, we are joined by space journalist Kristen Fisher. Now, Kristen, you were there at the launch. |
| 1:22.5 | So how was the launch party and are you exhausted as the rest of us? |
| 1:26.0 | Well, I think I've lost my voice a little bit. It's a bit hoarse because there was so much |
| 1:30.7 | cheering, so much excitement. I think I'm honestly just still a bit in shock that humans are now |
| 1:37.7 | finally on their way back to the moon after all this time. I don't think it's really sunk in |
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