The Artemis II crew will experience a communications blackout lasting roughly 40 minutes when their spacecraft travels behind the Moon on Monday at approximately 23:47 BST. During this period, radio and laser signals connecting the four astronauts to mission control in Houston will be blocked by the lunar body itself, leaving them temporarily isolated from Earth contact. This phenomenon is not unprecedented in spaceflight history. Apollo astrona…
The mission specialist highlighted the value of the return after a critical moment of isolation; the Orion capsule crossed the hidden side of the Moon for 40 minutes