News Views will be carrying NASA’s livestreaming footage of the historic human moon mission in more than 50 years as the Artemis II will be swooping across the dark side of the moon.
“There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark.” — Pink Floyd
The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will have more than six hours to make observations and record data on the far side for NASA as it prepares to return humans to the lunar surface as soon as 2028.
The Livestream:
The schedule, in Eastern Standard Time:
- 1:56 p.m.: The crew will surpass the record for human’s farthest distance from Earth.
- 2:10 p.m.: The astronauts will make audio-only remarks about the new record.
- 2:45 to 9:20 p.m.: The start and end time for the lunar observation, or flyby
- 6:44 to 7:25 p.m.: An estimated 40-minute loss of communications is expected as the Orion capsule travels behind the moon.
- 7:02 to 7:07 p.m.: Orion will come closest to the moon, followed shortly by reaching its maximum distance from Earth.
- 8:35 p.m.: A solar eclipse, with the moon eclipsing the sun, will be visible from the vantage of the astronauts aboard Orion.
- 10:50 p.m.: the Artemis II astronauts will participate in a live conversation beamed by to Earth known as a downlink event.