17 Nov 2022

Going back to the moon in an unmanned craft

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 17 November 2022

 NASA's colossal new rocket has soared into space for the first time, sending a next-generation capsule on a crewless voyage around the Moon and back 50 years after the final Apollo lunar mission.

To discuss what this means and how space travel will look in the future, Jesse speaks to Haritina Mogosanu, the Executive Director of the New Zealand Astrobiology Network.

The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Photo: AFP