The 40 Minutes When the Artemis Crew Loses Contact with Earth

Astronauts on the Artemis mission will be very far from home.

The astronauts have been able to talk to mission control in Houston, Texas, as they travel through space. This connection has made them feel more at home.

This connection will soon stop.

When the astronauts go behind the Moon, they will not be able to talk to Earth for about 40 minutes.

The astronauts will be alone for 40 minutes, thinking and feeling their own thoughts. This will be a quiet and lonely time.

Artemis pilot Victor Glover hopes people will come together during this time.

Victor Glover said people should use this time to hope and think good thoughts. He wants people to wish the astronauts a safe return.

A long time ago, Apollo astronauts also lost contact with Earth when they went to the Moon.

One of these astronauts was Apollo 11's Michael Collins.

In 1969, Michael Collins was alone in his spacecraft while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon.

When Collins' spacecraft went behind the Moon, he lost contact with Armstrong and Aldrin, as well as mission control.

Collins felt truly alone, but he was not scared or lonely.

Later, Collins said that the quiet time was peaceful and nice, and it gave him a break from mission control.

The Artemis mission is important because it will help us learn how to travel to Mars. The mission will also take humans further than they have ever gone before.

On Earth, people who talk to the spacecraft will be nervous when they lose contact.

A big antenna in England has been tracking the spacecraft and sending its location to Nasa.

The person in charge of the antenna said this is the first time they have tracked a spacecraft with people on it.

The antenna team will be nervous when the spacecraft goes behind the Moon, but they will be excited when it comes back into view.

In the future, Nasa wants to build a base on the Moon and explore more. To do this, they need to be able to talk to the Moon all the time.

Nasa and other space agencies are working on a way to have constant communication with the Moon, even on the side that faces away from Earth.

There are plans to launch satellites around the Moon to help with communication.

When the astronauts are not talking to Earth, they will focus on the Moon.

They will take pictures, study the Moon's geology, and look at its beauty.

When the astronauts come out from behind the Moon, everyone will be relieved.

The astronauts will then be able to share their amazing views with everyone on Earth.

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