Audio long read: These six countries are about to go to the Moon
Nature Podcast
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🗓️ 27 June 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In the next year, no fewer than seven missions are heading to the Moon. While NASA's Artemis programme might be stealing most of the limelight, the United States is just one of many nations and private companies that soon plan to launch lunar missions.
Although some of the agencies running these expeditions are providing scant details about the missions, it is hoped the they will provide streams of data about the Moon, heralding what scientists say could be a new golden age of lunar exploration.
This is an audio version of our Feature: These six countries are about to go to the Moon — here’s why
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| 1:04.4 | This is an audio long read from nature. In this episode, these six countries are about to go to the moon. |
| 1:11.7 | Here's why. |
| 1:13.0 | Written by John Pickerel and read by me, Benjamin Thompson. |
| 1:19.8 | The moon will be one of the most popular destinations in the solar system in the next year. |
| 1:25.9 | No fewer than seven missions are headed there, from India, Japan, |
| 1:30.3 | Russia, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States, along with several |
| 1:36.1 | companies. NASA's 93 billion US dollar Artemis program might be stealing most of the limelight |
| 1:43.1 | with its maiden launch this year, |
| 1:45.2 | because it's the first step towards sending astronauts to the moon. |
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