'Moving moment' as Artemis II crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before
The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed far side of the moon that revealed a lunar surface under cosmic bombardment.
Emile Martin, section editor at Ciel & Espace, joined France 24 from Houston to describe the emotion at mission control the moment the crew broke the record.
Artemis II breaks distance records
- 'We will always choose Earth, we will always choose each other': NASA's Artemis II astronauts' heartwarming first message as they successfully flyby the moon and begin their 250,000-mile journey home Daily Mail —
- Artemis II astronauts swung by the moon, broke an Apollo record, and saw an eclipse NPR —
- LIVE: Artemis II mission to leave lunar sphere of influence 📹 Reuters —
- ‘Mission isn’t over until they splash down in the Pacific’ – Artemis crew begin journey home after record brea Irish Independent —
- Artemis II astronauts break record for farthest human travel from Earth Al Jazeera —