US Edition'Loss of Comms' Hitsastronauts Less than One Hour After Artemis 2 Launch
NASA said communications were restored and the Orion spacecraft had no vehicle issues after the brief outage during the Artemis 2 launch.
- NASA's Artemis mission launched from Cape Canaveral with 8.8 million pounds of thrust, though NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman confirmed a "partial loss of comms" about 51 minutes into the flight.
- The 322-foot rocket carries a crew of four on a 10-day journey, with the Orion spacecraft successfully separating from the core stage and deploying its solar arrays as planned.
- While the uplink from CapCom remained audible, crew responses were silent briefly; NASA stated, "There were no issues with the vehicle itself," and contact was restored.
- Commander Reid Wiseman shouted, "It's a great day for us," as the quartet of astronauts achieved orbit and circled Earth for roughly 25 hours before setting course for the Moon.
- The mission will propel the crew some 252,000 miles into space, surpassing the 248,000-mile record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 as they prepare for translunar injection.
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Artemis 2 Moon launch hit with 'communications issue' just 51 minutes in
NASA's Artemis II mission is the first crewed mission to the moon in over 50 years, and the four astronauts were successfully launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida just before 6.36pm local time (11.36pm BST).
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HandelsblattFor the first time in more than half a century, people have returned to the vicinity of the moon. Shortly after the launch, communication temporarily broke off.
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'Loss of comms' hitsastronauts less than one hour after Artemis 2 launch
NASA's Artemis 2 mission, which will see astronauts fly further into space than any human has ventured before, was hit by a "loss of comms" just 51 minutes after launch
Manchester Evening News
Wales OnlineArtemis 2 astronauts lose communication 51 minutes into historic Moon launch
NASA's Artemis 2 mission experienced a brief communications issue 51 minutes after launch during a satellite handover, but contact with the four astronauts has been restored
"After a brief 54-year recess, NASA is back in the business of sending people to the moon," celebrates the agency's principal administrator, Jared Isaacman Read
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