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Dr Kelsey Young, lead science officer for the Artemis program, shares what鈥檚 surprised her the most from the crew鈥檚 lunar fly-by observations.

The Artemis II crew are getting ever closer to home and preparing for re-entry.

Hosts astronaut Tim Peake and space scientist Maggie Aderin are joined by space journalist Kristin Fisher, who shares the latest updates from the mission. Plus, we answer more of your burning questions.

And Dr Kelsey Young, lead science officer and lunar science lead for Artemis II, shares her excitement about the crew鈥檚 lunar observations so far. She tells us what she鈥檚 been surprised by, what new science we鈥檝e already learnt, and how they trained the astronauts to become geologists.

You can get in touch with the 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II team by emailing 13minutes@bbc.co.uk.

Season 4 theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music.

13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is a 麻豆社 Audio Science production for the 麻豆社 World Service.

Presenters: Tim Peake and Maggie Aderin
Producers: Alex Mansfield and Sophie Ormiston
Series editor: Martin Smith

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