00:00Just about a minute and a half now until we lose communication with the astronauts aboard Orion on the Artemis
00:062 mission.
00:07Again, we'll be out of communication for about 40 minutes in this really beautiful view of a crescent moon and
00:14a crescent Earth.
00:1530 seconds now until we expect loss of signal.
00:19And we have confirmation of loss of signal of the Orion spacecraft as it flies behind the moon.
00:25We expect to regain communications with them for in another approximately 40 minutes.
00:31This was expected as their spacecraft is now out of direct line of sight with Earth and behind the moon.
00:37And this is a poignant moment as it's the first time in over 50 years that we have humans completely
00:43unreachable by anyone else on Earth.
00:46No matter how distant or secluded, we could reach anyone living on Earth.
00:50But while the crew flies behind the moon, it's simply impossible to make contact with them.
00:58Houston, we have you the same, and it is so great to hear from Earth again.
01:03To Asia, Africa, and Oceania, we are looking back at you.
01:07We hear you can look up and see the moon right now.
01:10We see you too.
01:12Houston, in mission control, all of your flight controllers and your flight director have flipped their Artemis 2 patches around.
01:22We are Earth-bound and ready to bring you home.
01:25We are happy to say we copy.
01:32Confirmation from teams here in the ground that we have reached the eclipse attitude, meaning Orion is in the proper
01:38position to observe it.
01:49The astronauts' break during this observation period is now over, and we are resuming their lunar flyby observations.
01:57The first of these is sunset.
01:59This is the solar corona that we'll be looking for.
02:02It's the outer atmosphere of the sun.
02:05The science team is also interested in if the astronauts can see polar plumes.
02:10These are thin streamers that project from the sun's north and south poles.
02:15Additionally, they're interested in seeing if the crew can witness coronal loops.
02:20These are arcs close to the sun's surface.
02:40Well, thank you very much, Jared, and you are doing a fantastic job.
02:44And hello, very special hello to Artemis 2.
02:47Today you've made history and made all America really proud, incredibly proud.
02:52We have a lot of things to be proud of lately, but there's nothing like what you're doing circling around
02:58the moon for the first time in more than a half a century
03:01and breaking the all-time record for the farthest distance from planet Earth.
03:06Humans have really never seen anything quite like what you're doing in a manned spacecraft.
03:12It's really special.
03:13I want to personally salute and congratulate Commander Reed Weissman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen.
03:25And I also want to thank the entire amazing team at NASA, headed by Jared, who's a very special guy,
03:32by the way.
03:33And you all made this day possible, and you've really inspired the entire world, really.
03:40Everybody's watching.
03:40I find it incredible.
03:42I just watch you go to the back of the moon, and people haven't been there in a long time,
03:47we can say.
03:48But it's going to be more and more prevalent because we're going to be doing a lot of traveling.
03:52And then you're going to ultimately do the whole big trip to Mars, and that's going to be very exciting.
03:58That'll be very exciting.
03:59I'm waiting for that so much.
04:01I'd love to be here, but maybe we won't quite make it in terms of timing.
04:05But we will be up in the moon, and that's going to happen soon.
04:09So America will be second to none in space and everything else that we're doing.
04:15And we will continue to lead the whole thing into the stars, this incredible journey into the stars.
04:21So I just wanted an honor to speak to you, and I wanted to congratulate each and every one of
04:27you.
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