Last week, NASA successfully launched the Artemis II mission—the first space voyage to take humans back to the Moon since 1972.

NASA's Artemis II mission reached a significant milestone on April 6, as the Orion spacecraft approached the Moon, marking the start of its Lunar Observation Program with its historic flyby.

By 7:05 p.m., they will reach the mission's maximum distance from ​Earth of roughly 252,757 miles, 4,102 miles beyond the record held by the Apollo 13 ​crew for 56 years.