NASA Artemis II astronauts to fly around far side of moon
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With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts kicked off their lunar flyby Monday, taking in magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed while setting a new distance record for humanity.
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.
The daring team officially broke the record for the farthest any human has ever traveled from Earth this evening — previously set in 1970 by NASA’s Apollo 13 mission — when they reached a distance of 252,752 miles from home just after 2 pm Eastern time on Monday.
NASA confirms Artemis II crew aboard the Orion capsule has entered the Moon’s sphere of gravitational influence on a historic, deep-space milestone.
You might not be able to see the moon the way the Artemis II team is, but there's an educational Fortnite simulation that will get you onto the celestial body's surface.
The Artemis II crew proposed new names for two lunar craters on Monday as they continued their spaceflight. One of the names was Carroll, after the late wife of commander Reid Wiseman. Retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman joins CBS News with her reaction.