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Artemis II is “on track” to launch in April. And so are we – with our brand-new season of 13 Minutes, which will start a couple of days before lift off. Astronaut Tim Peake is co-presenting 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II and has the latest news. The mission had been set to begin in early March, but a helium leak was discovered. Nasa says it's confident the problem has been fixed. Now, the earliest possible launch date is 1 April.
The mission is set to see astronauts flying around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Tim spent 186 days at the International Space Station, so what’s it like to be an astronaut waiting for lift off? What final preparations are made? And what determines the launch date?
13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II will take off two days before the launch. Tim will be joined by space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock and US space journalist Kristin Fisher to bring you a space story in real time. Every day of the mission, the team will have the latest news, key details about the rocket and the crew, and they’ll hear from the people who’re making it all happen.
Join us later this month as we travel together towards the far side of the Moon.
Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.
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0:00This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. The best B2B marketing gets wasted on the wrong people, so when you want to reach the right professionals, use LinkedIn ads. LinkedIn has grown to a network of over one billion professionals, including 130 million decision makers, and that's where it stands apart from other ad buys. You can target your buyers by job title, industry, company, role, seniority, skills, company revenue, so you can stop wasting budget on the wrong audience. It's why LinkedIn ads generate the highest B2B return on ad spend of major ad networks. Spend $250 on your first campaign on LinkedIn ads and get $250 credit for the next one. Just go to LinkedIn.com slash broadcast. That's LinkedIn.com slash broadcast. Terms and conditions apply. The US Space Agency NASA says it's completed repairs to the rocket it will use to send
1:07four astronauts to the moon, meaning it could launch as soon as the 1st of April. The launch was due to happen before engineers discovered a helium leak. We all know what it's like to wait. For a bus, in a queue, for a holiday. But how would you feel waiting to go into space? Further into space than humans have ever been before. So far into space, the old slingshot around the far side of the moon. There are four astronauts waiting to do just that, as part of the Artemis 2 mission. We are on track for a launch as early as April 1st. We were fortunate to have our crew join us virtually. Having them join us in this review really reinforced the importance of having open, honest discussions about our path forward and about the risks that we're asking them to take.
2:09I'm Tim P and I spent six months living and working onboard the International Space Station in 2016 and I wanted to give you a quick update about the Artemis 2 journey. The astronauts on Artemis 2 will currently be doing those final preparations ahead of their mission whilst they wait until the moon is in the right part of its orbit for the launch. Now those astronauts will likely be feeling excitement, anticipation, or perhaps some apprehension, after all they are going more than 400,000 kilometres away from Earth. And like them, Maggie Christen and me have also been waiting and watching. But I wanted to let you know that when the launch finally happens, the team at 13 minutes will be ready to bring you all the latest action, news, and updates. Every day, for nearly two weeks, we'll be bringing you the inside story of the mission, the back stories and the amazing science and engineering that's behind it.
3:12We'll also be talking to a host of amazing guests, the people who have really made the mission happen. And we want you to join us as we begin this new era of human space exploration. So keep your eye on 13 minutes and get ready to fly to the far side of the moon with us on Artemis 2. The best B2B marketing gets wasted on the wrong people. So when you want to reach the right professionals, use LinkedIn ads. LinkedIn has grown to a network of over one billion professionals, including 130 million decision makers, and that's where it stands apart from other ad buys. You can target your buyers by job title, industry, company, role, seniority, skills, company revenue, so you can stop wasting budget on the wrong audience. It's why LinkedIn ads generates the highest B2B return on ad spend of major ad networks.
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