The crew of the Artemis II lunar mission broke a record Monday when they traveled further than Apollo 13's record of 248,655 miles from Earth.
The crew also began their lunar flyby, which included the first glimpses humans have ever seen of parts of the lunar dark side. The lunar flyby is expected to last six hours and the crew will be divided into pairs to look out of the Orion spacecraft's windows.
Mission specialist Jeremy Hansen honored the legacy of the Apollo missions in a message after the crew broke Apollo 13's record. The crew has traveled over 252,000 miles now.
"From the cabin of Integrity, as we surpass the furthest distance humans have ever traveled from planet Earth, we do so honoring the extraordinary efforts and feats of our predecessors in human space exploration," Hansen said. "We will continue our journey even further into space before Mother Earth pulls us back into everything that we hold dear.
