Watching the Artemis II live feed as the crew just surpassed the furthest distance from earth record previously held by the Apollo 13 crew.
The Artemis crew suggested to the ground crew to name two currently unnamed features of the moon.
The first as "Integrity," the name given to the Orion module by the current crew.
The second as "Carroll" after astronaut Reid Wiseman's late wife, who passed away in 2020.
After that broadcast, the astronauts all had a tearful zero-G group hug ðŸ˜
Also really enjoyed this little Easter egg: one of the astronauts was describing the current view of the moon and the earth from their current location, to which CAPCOM responded: "Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!" 🤣
Edit: I just learned the CAPCOM operator in question was Canadian Space Agency's Jenni Gibbons! 🇨🇦 She was one of the backup astronauts for the Artemis II mission.
Artemis II just entered "loss-of-signal" as it passes behind the far side of the moon. It will be out of contact with earth for about 40 minutes.
This was one of the last moments streamed back to us just before they entered LoS.
Daveography 🇨🇦