The seven-hour flyby was the highlight of NASA’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian — a step toward landing boot prints near t

FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live updates from the NASA Artemis II crew's journey around the far side of the moon inside their Orion spacecraft Integrity.

After the Artemis II mission surpassed Apollo 13’s distance record, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen offered some remarks.

The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission is about to make spaceflight history as they approach the moon for the first time in more than half-a-century.

Nasa's Artemis II mission is on its way back to Earth after completing a historic fly-by of the far side of the Moon. Find out everything you need to know here.

A view of the Moon and the Earth as the Artemis II mission's Orion spacecraft approaches to reach its furthest distance from Earth, in this screengrab taken from a livestream video on. NASA/Handout via REUTERS HOUSTON,

The Artemis II crew broke a record by flying 252,756 miles from Earth, the furthest humans have ever traveled. Astronauts completed a seven-hour lunar flyby, seeing a side of the moon never before seen by humans.

The Orion spacecraft just came within about 4,067 miles of the moon, marking its closest approach. CNN’s Ed Lavandera has details.