NASA regains communications with astronauts after expected blackout

07 April,2026 12:48 PM IST |  Houston  |  AFP

NASA re-established contact with Artemis program astronauts after a planned 40-minute communication blackout as their spacecraft passed behind the Moon during its lunar journey

NASA regains communication control after blackout. Pic/AFP


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NASA mission control in Houston regained communications with Artemis astronauts traveling around the Moon after an expected blackout that lasted some 40 minutes.

"We will always choose Earth, we will always choose each other," said astronaut Christina Koch, in initial comments following the signal cut that happened as their spacecraft passed behind the Moon.

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