NASA's first astronaut close encounter with the moon in over 50 years will become a reality today (April 6), and you'll be able to follow it live onl
NASA’s first astronaut close encounter with the moon in over 50 years will become a reality today (April 6), and you’ll be able to follow it live online. But you will need to know when to tune in and for how long, and for that, we’ve got you covered, reported Space.com.
The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission will fly around the moon today in a seven-hour flyby that will begin at 1:30 p.m. EDT -11:30am in Mexico- (1730 GMT), but the crew has already captured stunning views of Earth’s neighbor over the last few days. You’ll be able to watch the moon flyby live on Space.com, courtesy of NASA, and follow the flyby as it happens on our Artemis 2 mission updates page.
“The four of us have looked at the moon our entire lives, and the way we are responding to what we’re seeing out the window is just like we’re a bunch of kids up here,” Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman radioed to Mission Control late Sunday (April 5). “We cannot get enough of this. It’s amazing,” reported Space.com.
Wiseman and his Artemis 2 crewmates, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, will be the first humans to see the moon up close since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
They are the first astronauts to visit the moon in the 21st century, and they will see parts of the moon that NASA’s Apollo astronauts were never able to, like the poles of the far side. They’ll also see a rare solar eclipse from beyond the moon.
To help you know what to expect, here’s a timeline of NASA’s Artemis 2 moon flyby day, hour by hour, as reported by Space.com.
All Credit To: Space.com / NASA
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