Recommending: 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II
The Global Story
BBC
3.8 • 663 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Humans are returning to the Moon - hear all about it on the BBC’s space podcast. 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is following Nasa’s mission to loop around the Moon, with a new episode every day. Starts on Monday 30 March 2026. Search for 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II wherever you get your BBC podcasts. Follow or subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode.
Nasa plans to return to the Moon for the first time in more than half a century. Its Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts to loop around the Moon. They are planning to go further from Earth than any human in history.
The story of Artemis II will be told by space scientist, Maggie Aderin and British astronaut, Tim Peake, with regular guest, US space journalist Kristin Fisher.
13 Minutes is the BBC’s space podcast, telling epic space stories, including the first Moon landing, Apollo 13 and the space shuttle. Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi, it's Tristan Redman here from the Global Story podcast from the BBC. |
| 0:10.0 | You might remember that not so long ago, we did an episode about Artemis II, |
| 0:15.0 | NASA's mission to send four astronauts on a 10-day trip around the moon. |
| 0:20.0 | You can listen back to that episode from the 23rd of February, |
| 0:23.0 | but if you want more, |
| 0:24.4 | then why not look for the new BBC podcast, |
| 0:27.1 | 13 Minutes Presents Artemis 2. |
| 0:29.9 | This is going to be the place to go for all the latest news and updates on that mission. |
| 0:33.5 | And so we wanted to bring you this message from one of the hosts, |
| 0:36.2 | the space scientist Maggie Adarin Pocock. |
| 0:40.1 | And as we leave the moon and tours literal, |
| 0:44.7 | we leave as we came, |
| 0:47.5 | and God willing, as we shall return, |
| 0:51.6 | with peace and hope, |
| 0:57.0 | for all mankind. Godspeed to crew of Apollo 17. |
| 1:01.0 | It's more than half a century since anyone went to the moon. |
| 1:06.0 | The Apollo missions came to an end in 1972. |
| 1:10.0 | But now humans are set to return. |
| 1:13.6 | NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts to loop around the moon. |
| 1:22.6 | I got to get out of your way. |
| 1:24.6 | Hopefully they will go further from Earth than any human in history. |
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