The Integrity spacecraft just entered the lunar gravitational sphere of influence, at 0438 UTC Apr 6. Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen are now the 25th to 28th humans to have left terrestrial space.

April 06, 2026 - 04:40 UTC

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PAO just said this happened at MET 04/06:02:54, i.e. 04:38:06 UTC.
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Thank you Jonathan
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In support of the #ArtemisII science mission, the Lunar Targeting Plan has just been published

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Please help me understand why it's still slowing down. Watching on AROW, around 7:30 AM EDT I saw it drop a couple MPH, from 1,220 to 1,217, over a few minutes. If it's in the moon's influence, wouldn't that imply it's going "downhill" now?
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Incredible!
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What was their slowest relative velocity during the transition?
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Lunar flyby at 2:45 eastern still correct?
Will be watching.
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All the previous ones actually stayed there for a while — except 3: the crew of Apollo 13.
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I was going to say
"Isn't that 28th to 31st?
Apollo 8 plus 10 through to 17."
But of course, some people went twice.
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