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Artermis astronauts will be in 40 minute blackout while on dark side of moon..

Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:34 am
Posted by Cell of Awareness
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:34 am
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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.

This blackout period comes as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch ?and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen are slated to travel 252757 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.

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.


That has to create a certain level of anxiety past just being in space.
Posted by Alyosha
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:38 am to
Studios need their breaks too.
Posted by Cosmo
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:40 am to
This is when they meet with the aliens
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Posted by BPTiger
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:40 am to
Hopefully the dark side moon monsters don’t grab them.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:41 am to
They gonna play hide the tip
Posted by Kcrad
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Posted by real turf fan
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:46 am to
And if they didn't emerge, what would we do?
What would anyone do?
Lots of talking heads would talk and say nothing.

Then Elon Musk would suggest using one of his rockets with cameras to send around the moon to take pictures.

And no one would have a better idea.
Posted by SantaFe
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:47 am to
It’s the Farside of the Moon.

On the other hand I get into a radio blackout every time I go north of Indian Mound on Greenwell Springs Rd.
Posted by LaBR4
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:48 am to
Has anybody mentioned the gang bang session with Ms Kock
Posted by The Baker
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:48 am to
worried about reentry.

The heat shield has some serious issues discovered during artemis 1
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:48 am to
I wish my blackouts would only last 40 minutes.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:49 am to
All those lunar pyramids have remain a secret
Posted by Ziippy
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:51 am to
The recording time of the Pink Floyd album is 42 minutes
Posted by Lonnie Utah
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:57 am to
With the advancement of technology, and the ease of putting sats on orbit these days. you would think we'd have a constellation of communication satellites orbiting the moon that would eliminate the blackout on the far side of the moon...
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Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:00 am to
quote:

With the advancement of technology, and the ease of putting sats on orbit these days. you would think we'd have a constellation of communication satellites orbiting the moon that would eliminate the blackout on the far side of the moon...


It would be just for this.

Wouldn't be a bad idea though.
Posted by TBoy
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:01 am to
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Artermis astronauts will be in 40 minute blackout while on dark side of moon..

I hope they brought a flashlight.

Actually, I hope they take pictures of the stary sky while shadowed from the sun.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:02 am to
I'm kinda surprised we don't have satellites orbiting the moon. Not necessarily for this, just in general. I guess there's no good reason to.
Posted by Jon Ham
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:02 am to
quote:

during which the lunar explorers will get a never-before-seen view of the dark-side of the moon.


False. Apollo 8 in 1968 did it first.
Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:02 am to
quote:

That has to create a certain level of anxiety past just being in space.


They are along for the ride in orbit, not really.
Posted by Bard
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:05 am to
I hope they are start playing this the moment they lose contact with Earth:

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