Artemis II Lunar Flyby Schedule: What to Expect Monday and When It Happens

Monday, April 6 is the most dramatic day of NASA's Artemis II mission. The four-person crew — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — will make their closest approach to the Moon, break a 56-year-old distance record, and spend roughly 40 minutes completely out of contact with Mission Control as their spacecraft passes behind the Moon.

Here's the full schedule of what to expect and when.

Artemis II Lunar Flyby Schedule: Full Timeline

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