Artemis II crew complete historic mission to the Moon

NASA’s Orion space capsule has made a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, concluding a ten-day mission that sent its four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and deeper into space than any humans before them.

Also in the programme: US and Iranian negotiators arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, ahead of peace talks; and after a successful run on Broadway in New York, a new musical celebrating Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin comes to London.

Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, a professor of international politics and specialist on the Middle East at the University of Cambridge, and Jeanna Smialek, Brussels bureau chief at The New York Times.

(Photo: NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch sit on the flight deck of a US Navy ship after they and fellow crewmates were extracted from their Orion spacecraft which splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS)