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  "path": "/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-crew-faces-communications-blackout-during-lunar-flyby/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T18:00:42.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "International",
    "Artemis II",
    "Christina Koch",
    "Deep Space Network",
    "Jeremy Hansen",
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  "textContent": "The Artemis II mission crew will experience a 40-minute communications blackout as their Orion spacecraft travels behind the Moon. This planned event, similar to those during the Apollo era, highlights the challenges of deep-space communication as the mission sets a new distance record.",
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