{"id":42988,"date":"2026-04-06T16:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42988"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:09:52","slug":"artemis-ii-will-face-40-minute-blackout-on-far-side-of-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42988","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II will face 40-minute ‘blackout’ on far side of moon"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s the sound of silence.<\/p>\n

Tonight, the moon-bound astronauts and NASA mission control will face a nail-biting moment this evening when the Artemis II enters a deep-space dead zone that cuts them off from Earth for around an hour.<\/p>\n

This blackout period comes as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch \u2060and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen are slated to travel 252,757 miles from Earth during their fly-by of the moon, over 4,000 miles beyond the record set by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970, Reuters reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

This important milestone will occur at around 7:05 p.m. EST, during which the lunar explorers will get a never-before-seen view of the dark side of the moon.<\/a><\/p>\n

This screengrab taken from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II mission astronauts (from left): NASA\u2019s pilot Victor Glover, NASA commander Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency\u2019s mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, and NASA\u2019s mission specialist Christina Koch. NASA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, coinciding with this pivotal point, at around 6:45 p.m., the crew will undergo one of the most frightening moments of the voyage \u2014 a total communications blackout, the BBC reported.<\/a><\/p>\n