Artemis II astronauts capture solar eclipse
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After traveling a record distance from Earth, the Artemis II crew saw incredible things. “This continues to be unreal,” pilot Victor Glover said.
As Earth goes out of sight, radio contact with mission control will drop for roughly 40 minutes because the moon itself blocks the line of sight back home. Even without that link, the crew will keep working in the Orion spacecraft, dubbed Integrity, using onboard devices to capture images, measurements, and notes.
The world has tracked the journey of NASA’s Artemis II mission for five days. The four astronauts have launched into space, tested life support and other important systems of their Orion spacecraft, tangled with the vehicle’s toilet,
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