NASA Will Lose All Contact With the Moon Crew Monday Night. Here's What Happens Next.

At 6:47 p.m. ET on Monday, April 6, NASA's Mission Control will say something to the Artemis II crew — and then hear nothing back.

For approximately 40 minutes, the four astronauts aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft will pass behind the Moon, out of reach of every antenna and tracking station on Earth. Space silence.

What Happens During the Artemis II Blackout

The blackout isn't an emergency, it's merely physics. The Moon itself blocks radio signals between Earth and the spacecraft as Orion passes behind it...