If you are not watching Artemis II ...They are soooo close to the moon. Cool image.

[chowder66]

[orangecrush]

1. Thanks

Very cool

[chowder66]

2. I couldn't help myself posting about it again.

[leftstreet]

3. DURec

thank you!

[hlthe2b]

4. And if you aren't listening to "Dark Side of the Moon"- Pink Floyd, you are missing out on part of

the experience.

[Deuxcents]

5. Thanks for this..I'm watching now, too

[Pinback]

6. Life is so peaceful at 962 mph

out there, anyway….

Thanks — beautiful.

[chowder66]

7. I'm posting about the schedule from my original post since they are now incommunicado

Highlights include:
- 1:56 p.m. EDT (1756 UTC): Artemis II crew surpasses the Apollo 13 distance record
- 2:45 p.m. EDT (1845 UTC): Lunar observation period begins
- 6:47 p.m. EDT (2247 UTC): Predicted loss of communications as Artemis II heads behind the moon (roughly 40 minutes)
- 7:02 p.m. EDT (2302 UTC): Artemis II's closest approach to the Moon
- 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 UTC): Artemis II reaches its furthest distance from Earth

[marybourg]

8. Trump re-names the moon Trump Moon in 3.. 2.. 1..

[SheltieLover]

9. They just went out of communication with a message "We love you from the Moon."

[SheltieLover]

10. For your Dark Side of the Moon listening pleasure

As we await their return...

?si=bahmLJqHmMG-6ffw

[llmart]

11. I've been watching too!

It's actually more exciting and interesting than the actual lift off. Amazing how "in touch" we can all be with them so far away, but also scary that they'll be incommunicado for a bit.

This has been a welcome break from the bad news we hear every day.

[EX500rider]

12. Go ahead, make fun of Florida, but it's the only state with direct flights to the moon!

[malaise]

13. Communications blackout now

22 minutes in

[BaronChocula]

14. They should have made a sign

"Gone behind the moon. Be back in 40."

[malaise]

15. LOL

😀

[SheltieLover]

16. They're back & on their way home!

[cab67]

17. They have flown farther from the earth than any of the Apollo missions.

Reasonable people can disagree on whether crewed spaceflight is necessary or cost-effective, and unmanned missions are certainly safer - but by every objective measure, this is just seriously cool.

[popsdenver]

18. Just add this to the growing list

of distractions from Epstein.......

[Raine]

19. So very cool! 🌜 🙂 💕 nt

[SheltieLover]

20. Eclipse to occur about 7:35 pm Central Time for about an hour

[chowder66]

23. Watching it right now! Awesome!!

[KPN]

21. What an experience the four brave people on that flight are having!

Mind boggling really.

[malaise]

22. Good link

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/06/artemis-ii-astronauts-record-moon-earth-distance

Artemis II astronauts broke Apollo 13’s distance record at 1.57pm eastern time on Monday, hugging each other in the cramped capsule as they made history for being the first four humans to travel the farthest from Earth than anyone before them.

About five hours later, at 7.02pm ET, the crew reached the furthest point in its mission, before swinging back around, at 252,756 miles from Earth – 4,111 miles farther than the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970.

“It is blowing my mind what you can see with the naked eye from the moon right now,” Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen radioed ahead of the flyby. “It is just unbelievable.”

He challenged “this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived”.

[chowder66]

24. Thanks!

[malaise]

25. YW

😀

[SheltieLover]

27. Ty!

Still trying to wrap my head around traveling 15k mph at liftoff...

[malaise]

28. LOL

Crazy speed

[scipan]

26. Wow, that corona!

[chowder66]

29. I can still see a tiny bit of light in the bottom left on my tv but can't see it on my computer.

[scipan]

32. It seemed so...big. Did you catch it on the other side?

Have you seen any recent earth+moon images?

I'll check for images tomorrow.

Thanks for the link!

[SheltieLover]

30. Are they chatting it up with Kraznov?

[SheltieLover]

31. What a contrast to the regieme, the way these teams of people interact politely and professionally.

[electric_blue68]

33. Been following this on & off. Exciting!