THIS is the hilarious moment the Artemis II livestream suddenly cuts out after one of the astronauts starts stripping off for his “space bath”.
Amusing footage from aboard the Orion spacecraft shows pilot Victor Glover casually peeling off his shirt and tucking it into the cargo netting.
But before things can go any further, Mission Control hurriedly changes the camera channel.
The livestream cuts to a view of the White Flight Control Room at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center, before astronaut Chris Birch sheepishly radios in: “Integrity, courtesy call,” shortly after.
“Not knowing your preference, we did have video of Victor, which we stopped from going out on our PAO stream,” she added.
Commander Reid Wiseman quips back: “We appreciate that, Chris. We were definitely good with the go out, but we definitely understand if you want to restrict.
“No problem either way.”
Birch smirked and said she’d add it to the growing list of crew preferences.
When the live feed returns, Glover is seen sitting topless and cross-legged while wiping his feet down with a small towel.
The pilot had just finished his daily 30-minute workout using the Orion’s bespoke flywheel exercise device, which helps the astronauts fight against muscle and bone loss in zero-gravity.
A Nasa commentator said: “Astronaut Victor Glover, having completed his workout, cleaning up in space.
“Obviously we do not have showers aboard the Orion spacecraft.”
The Artemis II – the mightiest rocket ever built – thundered into the sky on April 1, leaving the Earth‘s orbit yesterday to start its three day mission to the Moon.
It is the first manned Moon mission since Nasa’s Apollo 11, which made its lunar visit in 1972.
The crew – NASA’s Wiseman, Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen – have now covered more than half the distance en route to their lunar flyby.
The crew won’t pause for a stopover or orbit the Moon like Apollo 8’s first lunar visitors did so famously on Christmas Eve 1968.
But the four astronauts stand to become the most distant humans ever when their capsule zooms past the Moon.
They will then continue another 4,000 miles beyond, before making a U-turn and tearing straight home to a splashdown in the Pacific.
Breathtaking pictures from onboard the Orion show the Earth from approximately 100,000 miles away.
A jaw-dropping full view shot taken from the Orion capsule shared yesterday shows the divide between night and day, known as the terminator, cutting across Earth.
Another striking image reveals a spectacular green aurora lighting up the atmosphere, while faint zodiacal light is also visible.
Commander Wiseman snapped the pictures after the aircraft thundered out of Earth’s orbit to start its three-day journey to the moon.
“It was the most spectacular moment, and it paused all four of us in our tracks”, Wiseman said, describing the view.
But the high-stakes mission has not been without tense moments.
Engineers ran into issues on launch day, facing two technical scares and a one-hour delay before liftoff.
A faulty loo also meant crew could not boldly go for six hours after a blinking light alert put the £17.4million toilet out of action.
Canadian Hansen, 50, revealed the “tense” moment in the crew’s first live interview from space.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/tech/16179568/artemis-livestream-cuts-astronaut-strips-space-bath-moon/