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the eclipse from the far side

source: NASA Artemis II Crew News Conference
in / out: 15:33.0–16:18.7
length: 45.7 s
speaker: victor glover, artemis ii pilot
licence: public domain (nasa)
speaker check: the nasa host says “victor should repeat his answer” just before the clip. the checker could not confirm him on camera, so we checked the frames after the recut: he answers on camera holding the mic
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quote “thing we saw that really surprised me the most is we trained to view the eclipse from the far side of the moon”	✓ exact · 15:37.9
quote “when that actually happened, it just blew us all away”	✓ exact · 15:55.4
quote “launching on April 1st meant the far side wasn't as illuminated as we were hoping”	✓ exact · 16:07.3
quote “that thing seemed to be a consolation and it was one of the greatest gifts of that part of the mission”	✓ exact · 16:12.9
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the clip

before the clip

great thank you okay Comcheck how about now are we back with you yeah we have you back video and the handheld mic seems to be back up to and Victor should repeat his answer over to a PAO Okay,

the clip, word for word

the thing we saw that really surprised me the most is we trained to view the eclipse from the far side of the moon, or after going beyond the far side of the moon, we saw great simulations made by our lunar science team. But when that actually happened, it just blew us all away. I mean, you heard the reaction in real time. But it was the fact we trained for it and it almost was a thing that we were I don't want to say unhappy about but launching on April 1st meant the far side wasn't as illuminated as we were hoping and so you know that that thing seemed to be a consolation and it was one of the greatest gifts of that part of the mission.

after the clip

Okay we'll come back here in the room to Andrea go ahead. Hi, Andrea Linefutter of the Houston Chronicle. I'd like to hear about life inside Orion. Christina, in the fall you said the capsule would feel bigger in microgravity.