NASA's Artemis II mission flew NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon in April 2026. Artemis II was the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years and NASA’s first mission with crew aboard the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft.

In this audio clip, Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman reflects on the legacy of the Apollo missions.

This clip is from an episode of Houston We Have a Podcast that was released on Sept. 12, 2025. In this episode, NASA Artemis II launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson shares her path to the console and anticipates what it will take to launch the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon. In this clip, Blackwell-Thompson describes what it was like to roll the Artemis I rocket to the launchpad in 2022, and reflects on what the experience will be like for Artemis II.

Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of the deep space exploration systems needed to build the capabilities for long-duration lunar missions. The Artemis I mission flew the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to Earth over the course of 25 days in late 2022.

On Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. In this audio clip, commentator Rob Navias observes the splashdown.

Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of the deep space exploration systems needed to build the capabilities for long-duration lunar missions. The Artemis I mission flew the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to Earth over the course of 25 days in late 2022.

On Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. In this audio clip, commentator Rob Navias observes the splashdown.

Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of the deep space exploration systems needed to build the capabilities for long-duration lunar missions. The Artemis I mission flew the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to Earth over the course of 25 days in late 2022. In this audio clip from Nov. 16, 2022, commentator Derrol Nail observes the liftoff of the Artemis I mission.

Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of the deep space exploration systems needed to build the capabilities for long-duration lunar missions. The Artemis I mission flew the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to Earth over the course of 25 days in late 2022. In this audio clip from Nov. 16, 2022, Artemis I launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson polls her team to resume the countdown to launch. Artemis I launched roughly ten minutes later.

Artemis I was the first integrated flight test of the deep space exploration systems needed to build the capabilities for long-duration lunar missions. The Artemis I mission flew the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon and safely back to Earth over the course of 25 days in late 2022. In this audio clip from Nov. 16, 2022, Artemis I launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson resumes the launch countdown and addresses the "Artemis generation" directly. Artemis I launched roughly ten minutes later.

On episode 408, Artemis II landing and recovery director Lili Villareal discusses how NASA and its partners recover the Orion spacecraft and its four astronauts following splashdown at the end of the mission.

On episode 408, Artemis II landing and recovery director Lili Villareal discusses how NASA and its partners recover the Orion spacecraft and its four astronauts following splashdown at the end of the mission.

This year, four NASA astronauts will fly around the Moon and back for the first time since the Apollo program. Their mission is called Artemis II. It’s a key test flight that will set the stage for Artemis III, when humans land on the lunar South Pole for the first time and set up a long-term presence there. In this episode, meet your intrepid Artemis II crew: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.