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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In April, we'll be covering the Artemis 2 mission, NASA ascending four astronauts on a 10-day trip around the moon.
From Monday the 30th of March, the BBC's Space Podcast 13 Minutes Presents will be the place to go for all the latest news and updates.
Here's Space Scientist Maggie Adair in Pocoque with more.
It's moving half a century since anyone went to the moon.
The Apollo missions came to an end in 1972.
But now, humans are set to return.
NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts to loop around the moon.
Hopefully, they'll go further from Earth than any human in history.
And if humans are returning to missions around the moon, well, the BBC's Space Podcast 13 Minutes has to return to 10-9.
13 Minutes is coming back with 13 Minutes Presents, Artemis 2.
I'm Maggie Adair in Pocoque.
I'm a Space Scientist, specialising in Space Telescapes and have been obsessed with space since a young age.
And if you haven't yet discovered 13 Minutes, previous seasons have told the story of the first moon landing, the near disaster of Apollo 13 and the Space Shuttle story.
And now, I'm going to be bringing you a space story in real time.
As it happens, every day for around two weeks, we'll have the latest news and we'll get to understand the details of the mission.
I'm here for the people who are making it happen.
We have thousands of people that have brought us to this moment.
The thousands of people that have been working near 24 or 7 preparing us for this rollout, the thousands of people across the country that trained and prepared this crew to undertake this mission.
The controllers that will look out for them on space, the recovery crews that will bring them safely home to their family at the conclusion of their 10-day journey.
With me in the pod for this special series of 13 Minutes, we have an astronaut, Tim Peek.
Tim spent 186 days on the International Space Station.
During budge time, he conducted a space walk, ran a marathon and performed over 250 experiments.
Having lived and worked in space, I know just how extraordinary these missions are.
Not only for the astronauts, but for everyone on the ground who makes them possible.
Until now, fewer than 700 people have had the privilege of going into space.
That number could increase remarkably in the coming years.
An Artemis II could well represent the beginning of that new age.
Alongside us, we'll be Christine Fisher, former space correspondent at CNN.
And hopefully, Christine won't mind mentioning that both her parents were space shuttle astronauts.
Yeah, Maggie, I grew up surrounded by astronauts in spaceflight, but Artemis II does feel different.
This is the beginning of a whole new era of exploration.
We rise together, back to the moon and beyond.
As well as Tim and Christine, we'll have the expertise of the BBC News Science Team 2.
Search for 13 minutes presents Artemis II, wherever you get your BBC podcast.
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