The four astronauts eclipsed the distance record of 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13 in April 1970.

The Artemis program aims to go further, not only bringing humans to the moon but also building a permanent base there. Artemis II, the program’s first crewed flight, is essentially a practice run. In the course of ten days,

During the Artemis II mission, astronaut Jeremy Hansen told Nasa's Kelsey Young that the crew would like to name some craters on the Moon that they can currently see "both with our naked eye and with our long lens".

Artemis II astronauts will watch Earth sink and rise behind the moon's curved edge today and ride through a slow solar eclipse unlike anything anyone has seen from home. From the windows of the Orion spacecraft,

You can tune into live coverage of the Artemis II moon flyby on Netflix here starting Monday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT). The main part of the lunar observation will occur at roughly 2:45 p.m. ET.

"Integrity and Carroll Crater, loud and clear."

Track the progress of the Artemis II mission with the latest updates and news from the historic mission to the moon's orbit.

But all in all, so far it’s looking like the rocket and spaceship needed for a lunar landing are getting there for NASA. The biggest remaining piece of the architecture, therefore, is a lunar lander.