Artemis II astronauts break a record, name a crater

Artemis II is capturing images of the acold broadside of the Moon, partially disposable here, which can’t beryllium seen from Earth. | Image: NASA

A fewer minutes earlier 2PM ET connected Monday, the unit of Artemis II broke a grounds acceptable 56 years ago by the ill-fated Apollo 13 ngo - astatine implicit 248,655 miles, they person present traveled farther from Earth than immoderate humans earlier them. They marked the juncture with a crater naming ceremonial that near the full unit embracing each different successful lunar orbit.

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