Artemis II completes record-breaking moon flyby

The Artemis II mission has made history as its astronauts journeyed farther from Earth than any humans before, conducting a lunar flyby and observing the moons far side in unprecedented detail.

IMAGE: The Artemis II crew members -- Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

Photograph: NASAKey PointsArtemis II astronauts broke the Apollo 13 distance record, travelling the farthest from Earth in human history. The Orion spacecrafts crew conducted a lunar flyby, observing the far side of the moon with the naked eye.

Astronaut Christina Koch described the moons appearance as browner than seen from Earth, with craters resembling lampshades with pinprick holes.

The Artemis II mission includes astronauts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, marking a significant international collaboration in space exploration. The Orion spacecrafts four-person crew has traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history.

The astronauts conducted a lunar flyby and also became the first humans to see some parts of the far side of the moon with the naked eye.

NASA Astronaut Describes The MoonNASA astronaut Christina Koch said that the moon appears to be browner, as opposed to the shades of white and grey seen from the earth.

Something I just heard from the window team is the more I look at the moon, the browner and browner it looks, NASA astronaut Christina Koch said.