May 2, 2026 · 35 min · 19 segments
For the first time since 1972, humans left low Earth orbit and headed to the moon. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle unpack the Artemis II mission: the crew, the records, and yes — the…
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So yes, how could we not speak [laughs] about the Artemis II mission? Okay.
And I wanna go through that, but you know what? I thought let's have a little bit of a history first of how this all kind of began because I think it's good to have a bit of a background, okay? So before the Artemis, so we know that there was a space shuttle, right? And the space shuttle was in space from 1981 to 2011.
But when they retired the space shuttle, NASA decided that they needed a more capable like super heavy-lift type vehicle that could not only escape Earth's gravity, but needs to be able to carry massive payloads required for deep space presence, which is what we're aiming for eventually.
And so was the development of the SLS, which is the space launch system, which is like I think over the last little while we've been watching its development, watching the engine testing-
And before that, yeah, I just, y- I've been following this for a while, and I think all of us have been.
So you can probably describe the shuttle, the SLS as a shuttle-derived kind of vehicle, which w- means it was based on the shuttle before it.
So let's go, what is the SLS? So Space Launch System, it's a super heavy-lift rocket designed specifically for the Artemis program.
So yes, how could we not speak [laughs] about the Artemis II mission? Okay.
And I wanna go through that, but you know what? I thought let's have a little bit of a history first of how this all kind of began because I think it's good to have a bit of a background, okay? So before the Artemis, so we know that there was a space shuttle, right? And the space shuttle was in space from 1981 to 2011.
But when they retired the space shuttle, NASA decided that they needed a more capable like super heavy-lift type vehicle that could not only escape Earth's gravity, but needs to be able to carry massive payloads required for deep space presence, which is what we're aiming for eventually.
And so was the development of the SLS, which is the space launch system, which is like I think over the last little while we've been watching its development, watching the engine testing-
And before that, yeah, I just, y- I've been following this for a while, and I think all of us have been.
So you can probably describe the shuttle, the SLS as a shuttle-derived kind of vehicle, which w- means it was based on the shuttle before it.
So let's go, what is the SLS? So Space Launch System, it's a super heavy-lift rocket designed specifically for the Artemis program.
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