Artemis II takes humans further from Earth than ever before

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  From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News, our podcast about the news headlines.

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  In this programme, Artemis II takes humans further from Earth than ever before.

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  Hello, I'm Georgie.

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  And I'm Pippa.

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  In this programme, we look at one big new story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

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  You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode

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  as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

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  Okay, Pippa, let's hear more about this story.

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  Astronauts on the NASA spacecraft Artemis-2 are on their way back to Earth after travelling around the Moon.

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  The spacecraft broke the record for the furthest distance humans have travelled into space,

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  reaching over 400,000km away from the Earth.

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  While the crew did not land on the Moon,

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  this is the first time humans have travelled to the Moon since 1972. Okay, let's have our first headline.

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  This one is from the Telegraph of British newspaper.

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  Why Artemis II's record-breaking journey marks a new dawn in spaceflight?

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  That headline again from the Telegraph.

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  Why Artemis II's record-breaking journey marks a new dawn in spaceflight?

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  Okay, so this headline is about the record-breaking trip by the astronauts.

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  They've travelled further from Earth than humans have ever gone before.

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  And the headline says the journey marks a new dawn.

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