Why Nasa is shooting for the Moon’s far side
Clare-wilson
Four people will go further from Earth on Monday than anyone has been before – and they will be beyond contact or help.
For 40 nail-biting minutes the astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis II mission to fly round the far side of the Moon will be out of reach of any signal from or to Earth.
Radio signals cannot pass through the Moon so the astronauts will have no means of communication with Earth, but they hope to bring back invaluable information.
The crew of the Orion spacecraft – Nasa astronauts Reid..