Artemis II: 6. Halfway there
13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II
BBC
9.5 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Nasa’s Artemis II crew are now closer to the Moon than they are to Earth. Hosts astronaut Tim Peake and space scientist Maggie Aderin are joined by space journalist Kristin Fisher, who gives us the latest on the crew’s momentous journey, as the Integrity spacecraft begins its gentle deceleration before the point when the moon’s gravity starts pulling it more strongly than the earth’s.
And the team answer a question from listener Mark. Has Artemis II had to dodge space junk on its way to the Moon, and if so, how is it detected and avoided?
And planetary scientist Professor Sara Russell joins Tim, Maggie and Kristin to explain how the Moon got its water, what resources are drawing private companies to the Moon, and what a future lunar base would have to look like to withstand the Moon’s conditions.
Season 4 theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.
13 Minutes Presents Artemis Two 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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| 0:36.7 | Welcome to 13 Minutes Presents Artemis 2 from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:42.3 | I'm astronaut Timpeg and this is episode 6 nearing flight day 4. |
| 0:47.7 | And I'm space scientist Maggie Adairn. |
| 0:49.9 | We're following the progress of the first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years, |
| 0:55.8 | with a new episode every day. |
| 0:58.8 | And Integrity, Houston, we have some news to share with you. |
| 1:03.6 | As of 30 seconds ago, you are now closer to the moon than you are to us on Earth. |
| 1:14.6 | Wow, Jackie, thank you for sharing that with us. We all kind of had a collective, I guess, expression of joy at that. |
| 1:21.6 | It's hard to imagine, but we can see here on our flight PFD that we are at 118,000 nautical miles. So yeah, you can do the |
| 1:32.7 | math. We can see the moon out of the docking hatch right now. It is a beautiful site. We're |
| 1:37.8 | seeing more and more of the far side. And it's just a thrill to be here. Integrity is now more |
| 1:42.5 | than halfway to the moon. |
| 1:48.3 | That was a wonderful moment there where Capcom shared that information with the crew, |
| 1:53.3 | and we just heard Christina telling us how reaching that milestone felt for all of them. |
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