Artemis II contact glitch
Artemis II astronauts broke an early Earth‑orbit record but experienced contact glitches early in the mission — mission comms had intermittent issues reported in recent updates. (x.com)
Ground teams briefly lost voice contact with the Artemis II crew shortly after liftoff on April 1 during a satellite-handover window, and mission control restored communications within minutes. (nbcnews.com) NASA flight updates say controllers in Houston and the crew worked through a blinking fault light reported ahead of an apogee raise burn and also restored Orion’s toilet to normal operations. (nasa.gov) Artemis II’s comms architecture alternates support between NASA’s Near Space Network, the Deep Space Network and experimental laser links, with planned handovers between relay satellites and ground stations built into mission operations. (nasa.gov) NASA had earlier reported a Deep Space Network antenna outage this year but told engineers Artemis II could proceed using contingency routing and alternate ground assets. (mashable.com) Crew and agency briefings note a separate, planned “period of loss” when Orion passes behind the Moon that will cut off telemetry and voice for roughly 30–50 minutes on the far side. (gizmodo.com) Mission timeline shows NASA completed an apogee-raise burn and scheduled a perigee-raise maneuver and translunar-injection burn over the next 48 hours, with translunar injection listed on public mission trackers for about April 3. (nasa.gov)
