Artemis II sails through trip around the moon after surpassing Apollo 13’s distance record

The Artemis II astronauts are sailing through their record-breaking trip around the moon that already is providing unprecedented views of the far side. Monday’s lunar journey comes after the three Americans and one Canadian broke Apollo 13’s distance record, the farthest that humans have ever traveled from Earth. More than halfway through the six-hour flyby, Artemis II lost contact with Mission Control as the capsule passed behind the moon without stopping. The capsule emerged 40 minutes later. Working in pairs, the astronauts are taking turns capturing the magnificent lunar scenes with cameras. Coming up next: a total solar eclipse. They’ll don special glasses to view the solar corona.