{"id":441826,"date":"2026-02-23T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441826\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:17:09","slug":"the-global-story-the-new-race-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441826\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global Story &#8211; The new race to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">Available for over a year<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-whitespace-pre-line sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">More than 50 years since the last Apollo mission, Nasa is preparing to send astronauts back to the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Artemis II will take its crew farther from Earth than any human has travelled in decades &#8211; a crucial step towards landing on the lunar surface once again.<br \/>\nAt the same time, China has been quietly advancing its own plans for a crewed Moon landing.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts say this signals the start of a new space race \u2013 not just for prestige, but to build a long-term presence on the Moon, tap its resources and use it as a stepping stone to Mars. We speak to the BBC\u2019s Science Editor, Rebecca Morelle.<\/p>\n<p>Producers: Valerio Esposito and Cat Farnsworth<\/p>\n<p>Executive producer: James Shield<\/p>\n<p>Mix: Travis Evans<\/p>\n<p>Senior news editor: China Collins<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Official Artemis crew portrait. Josh Valcarcel\/NASA Handout\/EPA-EFE\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/w3ct717t\" aria-label=\"Programme Website of The new race to the Moon\" data-testid=\"programme-website-link\" class=\"sw-group sw-inline-flex sw-items-center sw-pt-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Programme Website<\/a>Show less<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Available for over a year More than 50 years since the last Apollo mission, Nasa is preparing to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-441826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}