Problems arose on the Orion spacecraft heading to the Moon

Communication was lost between the American Orion spacecraft, which was launched toward the Moon as part of the Artemis II mission, and Mission Control, and a problem arose with activating the "waste management" system.

This was reported by the head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jared Isaacman, during a press conference after the launch.

According to him, communication with the spacecraft was lost briefly. Mission control staff could not hear the astronauts, while messages from Earth were reaching them.

Isaacman suggested that the problem may have been related to the signal switching from one transmitter to another.

NASA's Artemis-2 astronaut mission departed for the Moon on April 1. This happened for the first time in more than half a century. The main goal of the program is to prepare for the next stage: the Artemis-3 mission, which plans to land on the surface of the satellite.

The lunar mission launch was originally scheduled for March, but at the beginning of the year it became clear that technical problems forced a schedule delay. The plan for the further Moon flight program also shifted: for example, the landing on the Moon in 2027 was replaced with another research mission and postponed to 2028.