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The Documentary Podcast

Your questions answered about Artemis II and space travel

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Four astronauts have travelled further from Earth than anyone ever before. It is part of the Artemis II mission, which saw humans go to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. Listeners have been sending us questions and in this episode of What in the World we put them to two former Nasa astronauts, Steve Swanson and Nicole Stott.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.

0:05.7

From the BBC World Service, this is the documentary, the home of original storytelling.

0:11.4

I'm at Krif Rook, and I'm here to tell you about our podcast, What's in the World,

0:15.6

which helps you make sense of what's happening in your world.

0:18.6

So in this episode, we're putting our young listeners' questions all about the Artemis 2 mission

0:23.2

to some proper space experts, former NASA astronauts.

0:30.7

Four astronauts have traveled further from Earth than anyone ever before.

0:35.8

It's part of the Artemis II mission,

0:38.0

which has taken humans back to the moon

0:39.8

for the first time in over 50 years.

0:44.0

The pictures have been amazing.

0:46.2

They've been all over social.

0:47.5

I have to say, I've definitely shed a tear

0:49.5

once or twice looking at them.

0:56.2

I'm at Krut.

0:57.2

This is What's in the World from the BBC World Service.

0:59.9

You've been sending in as a bunch of questions on this,

1:02.8

and we're going to get you some answers from people who know space better than anyone else.

1:07.1

Hello, I'm Steve Swanson, former national astronaut,

1:09.8

and I'm coming to you from Boise, Idaho, and the United States. And hi, I'm Steve Swanson, former National Ashina, and coming to you from Boise, Idaho, and

1:11.8

the United States.

1:13.3

And hi, I'm astronaut Nicole Stott, and I am here today at the amazing Orlando Science Center

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