NASA’s Artemis II mission is about to make history. After a success launch April 1and a journey of 39,000 miles through spaceastronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen are about to travel further from Earth than any human has before, and you can watch it all unfold online. NASA will broadcast the entire flyby on YouTube and his NASA+ websitewith coverage beginning at 1 p.m. ET. You can also watch NASA+ via Netflix.
It will take a while for things to get going, so if you’re working or have plans tonight but don’t want to miss out on seeing history being made, your best bet is to try and capture a handful of key moments. At approximately 1:56 p.m. ET, Artemis II will fly farther than any crewed mission before, breaking the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. Next, the Orion spacecraft will begin its flyby of the Moon at 2:45 p.m. ET, and the craft is expected to make its closest approach to the lunar surface around 7:02 p.m. ET. A few minutes later, the spacecraft will reach its maximum distance from Earth around 7:07 p.m. ET.
A little over an hour later, at 8:35 p.m., the Artemis II crew will have the chance to observe a total solar eclipse from the far side of the Moon. This is something that will not be visible from Earth. So if you can only catch part of the show, this is the one to watch.
This article was originally published on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/science/space/how-to-watch-the-historic-artemis-ii-lunar-flyby-155114417.html?src=rss
