Astronauts Break Space Record, Flyby Moon's Far Side

On April 6, astronauts on Artemis II just smashed a 56-year space record, pushing deeper into the cosmos than any humans before.

Ask the two.

148,655 miles mark set by Apollo 13's crew.

Their team of four three Americans and one Canadian flying the Orion spacecraft on a lunar flyby swinging around the moon's far side where Earth.

Can't see.

Cutting off comms for a bit with mission control and Florida.

This morning on day six, they walked to a special message from the late Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 and 13 commander who passed last year at 97.

Welcoming them to his old stomping grounds and reminding them to soak in the view.

The crew snapping pro-level shots of that hidden lunar terrain and catching a glimpse of our tiny home planet all while paving the way for actual.

Moon landings and even Mars trips down the line.

They're looping back with the moon's gravity, sleening them home for a Pacific splashdown in four days, echoing Apollo 13's survival path after.

That oxygen tank blow out and yeah.

The launch got pushed two months from fuel leaks.

Historic stuff unfolding right now.