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

A floating Nutella jar aboard NASA's Artemis II went viral, with internet users calling the zero-gravity moment the greatest free advertisement in history.

The NASA-led Artemis II mission, carrying a four-person crew beyond Earth orbit for the first time since 1972, conducted a seven-hour flyby of the moon.

The moon looks to most amateur photographers like a bright detail on a completely dark background, and it appears to be about half the width if one fingernail on an outstretched hand. That makes it tricky to shoot with an iPhone, as anyone who has ever tried it can attest.

The Artemis II crew offically entered a historic communications blackout Monday as their spacecraft slipped behind the Moon's far side, breaking distance records.

President Trump praised the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a brief chat late Monday, saying they had "inspired the entire world" after they looped around the moon in a record-breaking voyage.

The first humans to travel around the moon in more than 50 years experience hours of scientific wonder — and moments of deep emotion.

Astronauts are flying by the Moon’s far side and setting records. Nature is in Houston with the mission’s scientists.