roger, mike. we can see variations on our trace as you connected and disconnected but the medics still don t have a signal. i promise to let you know if i stop breathing. coming up in less than 10 seconds now we ll be crossing into the sphere of influence of the moon at this point as the moon s gravitational force becomes the dominant effect on the spacecraft trajectory. and our displays will shift from earth reference to moon reference. the spacecraft was at a distance of 186,437 nautical miles from earth. and 33,832 nautical miles from the earth. all spacecraft systems are functioning normally, mission going very smoothly. we ve been having really