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Sep 21, 2026
Anthony BadolatoHOST
Artemis III is shaping up to be what NASA calls its most complicated mission ever.
Anthony BadolatoHOST
A three-spaceship ballot involving NASA's Orion capsule, Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander, and SpaceX's enormous Starship.
Anthony BadolatoHOST
Orion will dock with Blue Moon first, then later go nose-to-nose with the 52-metre Starship, the space equivalent of a delivery van kissing a 15-storey building.
Anthony BadolatoHOST
And then things get really interesting.
Anthony BadolatoHOST
For the first time ever on a crewed mission, control of the combined spacecraft will switch from one ship and one mission control to another.
Jeremy ParsonsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's gonna happen in a short period of time with three of the world's most powerful rockets.
Anthony BadolatoHOST
So why go to all this trouble? Because this is a rehearsal.
Anthony BadolatoHOST
On Artemis IV, the plan is for Starship to literally push Orion to the moon, allowing it to stay in a much lower lunar orbit where astronauts ride home could pass overhead every couple of hours rather than once a week.
Reid WisemanGUEST
We felt great.
Reid WisemanGUEST
We had a flywheel workout device on the Orion spacecraft, and we were able to do squats and curls and deadlifts with that little device.
Reid WisemanGUEST
We could actually do some cardio as well.
Reid WisemanGUEST
We didn't really think it was going to work that well when we were using it on the ground, but once we were up in space, it worked.
Andreas MogensenGUEST
Uh, this time Europe is very much a part of it.
Andreas MogensenGUEST
Uh, we are, uh, delivering the European Service Module, which is an integral part of the Orion capsule that transports, uh, astronauts to and from, uh, the Moon.
Andreas MogensenGUEST
Uh, the Eur- the first European Service Module was part of the, uh, uncrewed Artemis 1 mission.
Andreas MogensenGUEST
The second European Service Module was an integral part of Artemis 2 that just launched earlier this year.
Andreas MogensenGUEST
And, uh, you know, as long as, uh, NASA flies Orion, we will continue delivering European Service Module.
Andreas MogensenGUEST
So Europe is, is part of Artemis, uh, which also means that, uh, at some point, hopefully in the not too distant future, we'll see Europeans on the surface of the Moon, and I think that's incredibly, uh, exciting.
Andreas MogensenGUEST
It's a- the continuation, uh, of our greatest adventure, uh, from the Apollo era.
Bill PerezGUEST
I think that's the best way to kind of lead in on this.
Bill PerezGUEST
For example, the folks that were designing the Orion capsule, as they were making attachments inside, they knew that there was no way they were going to be able to drill in or make mechanical fastening.
Bill PerezGUEST
like standard bolts and screws to put wire harnesses, fluid lines, control systems.
Bill PerezGUEST
There were no way to attach them on the inside of that capsule while preserving the structural integrity of the capsule itself.
Bill PerezGUEST
But the systems that we're using are chemical structural adhesives.
Bill PerezGUEST
Now, structural, not in the fact that they create a structural bond, but structural in the fact that They adhere our hardware into whatever flight article we're talking about.
Bill PerezGUEST
In this instance, we're talking about like the Orion capsule.
Bill PerezGUEST
By eliminating the holes, again, we're maintaining that structural integrity of the capsule itself while giving the designers and the engineers the freedom to install these components, some which are life critical, within that capsule where they need to go.
Richard CampbellHOST
And finally, on the space side, in November, Artemis 1.
Richard CampbellHOST
So this was the first flight of the Orion spacecraft all up, although it didn't actually have a life support system on board, which is good because there's no people on it.
Richard CampbellHOST
but it did fly out to the moon and do a bunch of maneuvers we would never try with humans.
Richard CampbellHOST
We hadn't flown this kind of spacecraft out and around the moon in decades.
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
Then we have NASA, who have just laid out the plan of Artemis III, and they're calling it the most complex mission the agency has ever flown.
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
Picture it, rockets thundering off different launch pads, an Orion capsule chasing down not one but two moon landers, SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's Blue Moon, and docking with both high above the Earth.
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
Only once in the history of spaceflight has anyone attempted anything close to this.
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
And after that, we've got a reality check in the hunt for life.
14 MINS LATER
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
It can happily wait up there for weeks.
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
And that gives everyone plenty of time to check that out.
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
it's healthy and it's taken properly before the people arrive next comes the big moment the astronauts four of them climb into a spaceship called Orion sitting right on top of a giant NASA rocket and off they go into orbit and orbit just means going around and around and around Earth in a big circle high high high above our heads then comes the tricky part Orion has to find Blue Moon up there in the dark and gently join on to it.
Alya Al NuaimiHOST
These experts call it docking.
Richard CampbellHOST
And finally, on the space side, in November, Artemis 1.
Richard CampbellHOST
So this was the first flight of the Orion spacecraft all up, although it didn't actually have a life support system on board, which is good because there's no people on it.
Richard CampbellHOST
But it did fly out to the moon and do a bunch of maneuvers we would never try with humans.
Richard CampbellHOST
We hadn't flown this kind of spacecraft out and around the moon in decades.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Ladies and gentlemen, the President will now present awards to the crew of Artemis II.
speaker_2NARRATOR
As mission specialist on Artemis II, Jeremy Hansen demonstrated exceptionally meritorious contributions by executing spacecraft communications, navigation procedures, and pre-launch verification activities, including pressure suit regulator checks and Orion systems configuration.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Throughout the lunar flyby sequence, he led and executed detailed observation protocols, capturing and documenting lunar topography, eclipse phenomena, and solar corona behavior, while directing real-time scientific data collection for geology and heliophilics research.
speaker_2NARRATOR
He performed manual control assessments and crew health evaluation tasks, including the orthostatic intolerance garment test, advancing validation of systems and human factors performance essential to future lunar landing operations and long duration deep space missions.
speaker_2NARRATOR
During the mission, he was integral to the crew surpassing the Apollo 13 distance record and reaching approximately 252,760 miles from Earth, farther than any humans in history.
speaker_2NARRATOR
As mission specialist on Artemis II, Christina Cooke demonstrated exceptionally meritorious service by leading major science and observation tasks during the mission's seven-hour lunar flyby, capturing and documenting impact craters, lava flows, surface fractures, and eclipse phenomena that significantly expanded understanding of lunar geology and solar corona behavior.
speaker_2NARRATOR
She configured and oversaw Orion's cabin for fly-by operations, including sensor alignment and systems readiness, and executed target Earth-Moon imaging sequences conducted from Orion's optical windows and solar array cameras.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Her execution of in-orbit procedures, including participation in the orthostatic intolerance garment test, evaluating human physiological response during return to Earth's gravity, produced critical data that advanced crew health standards on future deep space missions.
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