Once Artemis II goes behind the moon, the astronauts will be out of all contact with Earth for about 40 minutes. Victor Glover, one of the astronauts on the mission, hopes the moment encourages humanity to come together. “I would love for… humans to just go, ‘Hey, there’s a part of humanity that’s not in touch with the rest of us, and let’s just get them all back, and then we can go back to the hustle and bustle.’ But I hope that that inspires folks to just have a moment of togetherness,” says G

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The Artemis II astronauts entered quarantine at the end of last week so they don’t pick up any illness that could delay their mission. The official launch date will be confirmed after our wet dress rehearsal at the end of the month when teams practice tanking and draining the rocket. More: https://go.nasa.gov/49FHp6y | NASA Artemis