00:04Hello, and welcome to Global Pulse News.
00:08We begin with a historic update from deep space.
00:12The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission
00:15have crossed a critical celestial boundary,
00:19entering the moon's sphere of influence.
00:22That means lunar gravity is now pulling harder
00:26on their spacecraft than Earth's own pole.
00:29The transition happened four days, six hours,
00:33and two minutes into the flight,
00:34at a distance of 39,000 miles from the moon's surface.
00:39With the moon now their gravitational master,
00:43the crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch,
00:47Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen
00:52are preparing for the mission's most critical phase,
00:55a far-side lunar loop scheduled for tomorrow.
00:59That maneuver will carry humans deeper into space than ever before.
01:05At their farthest point, the crew will reach 252,757 miles from Earth.
01:13That breaks the previous record, held by Apollo 13 in 1970, by just over 4,000 miles.
01:20This is the first time humans have crossed the moon's gravitational threshold since Apollo 17's landing in 1972.
01:30Over the weekend, the astronauts conducted critical preparations for their lunar flyby.
01:36Those included manual piloting tests, a review of six hours of science objectives,
01:42and checks of their emergency space suits, which will provide life support in case of contingency,
01:48and for the ride home.
01:50But they've also had time to take in the view.
01:53Newly released images from NASA show the crew gazing at Earth through the windows of the Orion spacecraft.
02:01Orion is expected to reach the moon's vicinity shortly after midnight on Monday, April 6th.
02:08Later that day, the crew will travel farther from Earth than any humans in history,
02:13surpassing Apollo 13's record of 248,655 miles.
02:19The lunar observation period begins at 2.45 p.m. Eastern.
02:25A few hours later, the spacecraft will slip behind the moon's far side and briefly lose communication with Earth.
02:34Closest approach is scheduled for 7.02 p.m. Eastern,
02:38when Orion will pass just 4,066 miles above the lunar surface.
02:44From that distance, NASA says the crew will see the entire disk of the moon at once,
02:50including regions near the north and south poles.
02:54Later, the astronauts will witness a solar eclipse as Orion, the moon, and the sun align,
03:00making our star disappear behind the moon for about an hour.
03:05NASA will begin live coverage of the lunar flyby at 1 p.m. Eastern.
03:11A new chapter in human spaceflight unfolding right now, 252,000 miles from home.
03:19That's the latest from Mission Control.
03:21We'll bring you updates as the crew loops farther than anyone has ever gone.
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