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"We will always choose each other." Mission control has reacquired signal with the Artemis II crew after the mission’s planned loss of signal. Our astronauts are once again using the Deep Space Network to keep conversation and science data flowing between space and Earth. Source: @NASAArtemis @EverythingScience

AOS (Acquisition of Signal) INTEGRITY - greeted by a crescent Earth more than 250,000 miles away. "We will always choose Earth, we will always choose each other." -Christina H Koch Source: @_MaxQ_ @EverythingScience

Orion approaching the Moon. 4 hours into 9 seconds. Source: @DeffGeff @EverythingScience

Artemis II has reached its maximum distance from Earth. On the far side of the Moon, 252,756 miles away, Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history and now begin their journey home. Before they left, they said they hoped this mission would be forgotten, but it will be remembered as the moment people started to believe that America can once again do the near-impossible and change the world. Congratulations to this incredible crew and the entire NASA team, our international and commercial partners, but this mission isn’t over until they’re under safe parachutes, splashing down into the Pacific. Source: @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman @EverythingScience

While the Artemis II crew are experiencing their own personal solar eclipse, Mission Control will temporarily lose communications with the capsule. This is planned and expected. We anticipate regaining communications in about 30 minutes. Source: @NASA @EverythingScience

The Artemis II crew are at now the closest point to the Moon in their mission, also called the perilune 🌒 Source: @esaspaceflight @EverythingScience

Suit tests from space, support from Houston. Yesterday in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room, Duane Chin supported a demo of the Orion Crew Survival System suit as the crew ran pressurized tests. The CHESS team monitors all the gear the crew relies on aboard Orion. Source: @NASA_Johnson @EverythingScience

To commemorate the Artemis II mission, the astronauts announced their suggestion to rename certain features on the Moon to honor the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, as well as commander Reid Wiseman's late wife, Carroll. Source: @NASA @EverythingScience

Rest Before Lunar Flyby Artemis II crewmember sleeping bags are illuminated inside the Orion spacecraft on Flight Day 5 of the mission and ahead of the crew's lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. Source:NASA @EverythingScience

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Kelsey on console! Kelsey Young is a Goddard lunar scientist, currently sitting in Mission Control to support the Artemis II astronauts during their flyby of the Moon. She's answering their questions and helping them prep for observations and photographs of the lunar surface. Source: @NASAGoddard @EverythingScience

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