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4/6/2026, 12:54:09 PM
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So, in just a few hours from now, the crew of the Omus 2 will be farther from Earth than humans have ever been before.
Let that sink in. This is NASA's live stream from inside the capsule.
Uh, the Omus 2 is what, hundreds of thousands of thousands of miles from Earth.
The spacecraft is now in the lunar sphere of influence, which means that the moon, not the Earth, is the main gravitational force acting on them.
The flyby will begin at 2:45 p.m. Eastern this afternoon.
Orion's main cabin windows will be pointed toward the moon, and the crew will be close enough to make scientific observations of the moon's surface, and they're already feeling the excitement.
Listen to mission commander Reed Weisman early this morning in a radio message with mission control.
Mark, I think one of the most interesting things right now is the four of us have looked at this moon our entire lives and the way we are responding to what we are seeing out the window is it's just like we're a bunch of little kids up here just we cannot get enough of this. It's amazing.
Thank you for the privilege.
>> All right, for more on this we're joined by Chris Cassidy, a former NASA astronaut and retired Navy captain.
Chris, good morning to you. There are so many amazing aspects to discuss and and to think about, but let's let's start with this the the history.
This is the first time a spacecraft heads in the moon's direction since 1972.
We may set a record as humans who've traveled the furthest from Earth. Um, what do you think the astronauts are thinking and feeling at a moment like this?
>> Well, good morning. You know, they're they're they have a lot of emotions right now.
the from from the technical what do we got to do checklist following making sure that they're um hitting every milestone along the way to the awe of looking out the window to the to the pride of representing our nation our combined nations with Canada and all the other countries that are participating in some fashion the the and the broader um space community that has hands in every a facet of the mission really total team effort on this and so many many emotions that they're feeling
gosh, I can't even believe what what they would think when they're looking out that window. You know, that that's the real emotion.
>> Uh, and earlier I mentioned their distance from Earth. At this moment, according to the live tracker, they're 240,800 miles from Earth.
The record is 248 655 um set back um what back in the the 70s.
What do you make of that historic fact and what might we learn from it?
Well, you know, I don't think the crew is specifically focused on that number.
I think it's very very meaningful for everybody that's that's contributes to the technology that's enabled this to happen in in the last 50 years.
When the Apollo missions or in technology and equipment and manufacturing went away, we lost that ability as a nation to put a spacecraft at this altitude.
And now with a lot of hard work and a lot of um uh ingenuity by by um many many people, we're able to do it.
So I don't think that that the crew has some magic number 248,000.
km or miles u in mind other than the fact that they are getting to to to see that view thanks to the hard work of many many people.
>> looking at images of the far side of the moon now they're going to lose contact with mission control for about 40 minutes tonight.
What might that be like? You know, it's interesting.
Planned communications outages are uh are different than unplanned. Uncom planned communication outages are not a fun thing, not a happy thing, not a um they they cause a lot of angst within the community.
But planned ones are sometimes welcome. Um and this this is probably that case for both sides.
mission control. They they'll be um dialed in making sure everything is perfect right before the moment of mis uh communication loss like you said about 6:45 Eastern time this evening.
They'll take both folks can take a break, walk around, check with their back rooms, take a quick bio break and hit back on the console to wait for the vehicle to come back together uh in sight.
And the crew can take do the same thing. They'll know that they are the only eyes watching the safety of this vehicle and they'll feel that the onus of that uh responsibility all the while while they're looking out the window because those are the moments where they're going to be the closest and they can take those photos.
>> Just awesome to to think and I know we're all watching closely. Chris Cassidy, thanks for joining us this morning.
>> My pleasure. Good morning.
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