The crew will travel more than 252,000 miles from Earth – a distance record for humans – before hanging a U-turn behind the moon and heading home.

The Artemis II crew is experiencing a recurring toilet malfunction on the Orion spacecraft due to a suspected ice blockage during their 10-day trip to orbit the moon.

The astronauts have described seeing the Moon's dark side for the first time.

NASA says the Artemis II crew has passed the halfway mark between Earth and the moon, releasing new images of Earth from the capsule. Speaking with CBS News from Mission Control in Houston, the astronauts said the mission has already shown them things they’ve never experienced,

Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their toilet is on the blink again.

It's a beautiful sight." The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission are now closer to the moon than they are to Earth, the first time humans have even approached the moon for more than half a century.

The Artemis II astronauts have captured Earth’s brilliant blue beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon .

Toilet issues have plagued the four astronauts on the Artemis II mission as the Orion capsule on its way to the moon.