13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II
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13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is a history podcast hosted by BBC World Service. It has 49 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Artemis and the return to the Moon. The BBC’s space podcast is following Artemis II, with an episode every day during the mission. Nasa is returning to the Moon for the first time in more than half a century. The Artemis II mission is sending astronauts – on a spacecraft called Orion - to loop around the Moon and to go further from Earth than any human in history. The story of Artemis II is being told by space scientist, Maggie Aderin, and British astronaut, Tim Peake. They are joined by expert contributors, US space journalist Kristin Fisher and the BBC News Science Editor, Rebecca Morelle. Orion’s crew is Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. The last crewed mission to The Moon was Apollo 17 in 1972.13 Minutes is the BBC’s space podcast, telling epic space stories. It’s produced by the BBC Audio Science Unit for the BBC World Service. Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.<
history ·en ·49 episodes
Artemis II: 13. Splashdown
Artemis II: 12. Please return to your seats
Artemis II: 11. Science surprises
Artemis II: 10. How to train your astronaut
Artemis II: 9. Bye bye, fly-by
Artemis II: 8. Final approach
Artemis II: 7. A family photo
Artemis II: 6. Halfway there
Artemis II: 5. No going back
Artemis II: 4. Launch after-party
Artemis II: 3. Man around the Moon
Artemis II: 2. Rocket man
Artemis II: 1. Why humans are returning to the Moon
Artemis II: Trailer: The new mission to the Moon
The Space Shuttle: 10. Return to flight
The Space Shuttle: 9. What is it all for?
The Space Shuttle: 8. A major malfunction
The Space Shuttle: 7. Teacher in space
The Space Shuttle: 6. Satellite for sale
The Space Shuttle: 5. Space truck
The Space Shuttle: 4. The 35 new guys
The Space Shuttle: 3. Glass rocket
The Space Shuttle: 2. The greatest test flight
The Space Shuttle: 1. The spaceplane
The Space Shuttle: Introducing: The Space Shuttle
Apollo 13: 7. Resurrection
Apollo 13: Bonus 2. John Aaron
Apollo 13: Bonus 1. Jim Lovell
Apollo 13: 6. Earth in view
Apollo 13: 5. Life support
Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers
Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat
Apollo 13: 2. Death of the Odyssey
Apollo 13: 1. Time bomb
Apollo 13: Trailer: The countdown
13 Minutes to the Moon: Bonus: The making of the music
13 Minutes to the Moon: 12. Live from Houston
13 Minutes to the Moon: 11. The 13 minutes
13 Minutes to the Moon: 10. ‘For all mankind’
13 Minutes to the Moon: 9. Tranquility Base
13 Minutes to the Moon: 8. ‘We’re go for powered descent’
13 Minutes to the Moon: 7. Michael Collins: The third man
13 Minutes to the Moon: 6. Saving 1968
13 Minutes to the Moon: 5. The fourth astronaut
13 Minutes to the Moon: 4. Fire to the Phoenix
13 Minutes to the Moon: 3. Long Island Eagle
13 Minutes to the Moon: 2. Kids in control
13 Minutes to the Moon: 1. ‘We choose to go’, Apollo 11
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 1
13 Minutes to the Moon: Trailer, T-minus 2
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