NASA's Artemis II crew embarks on a historic lunar flyby, marking humanity's return to the moon's distant frontiers, gathering crucial data.

Ahead of a lunar flyby on Monday, the crew celebrated the astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s first spaceflight and got a special message from Charlie Duke, the Apollo 16 moonwalker.

The four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission's Orion capsule have encountered intermittent complications with their spacecraft's toilet.

The four Artemis 2 astronauts will see a solar eclipse from beyond the moon's far side on Monday evening (April 6), and they'll use the opportunity to make some science observations.

The Artemis II crew is almost at the moon, and the astronauts spent this weekend carrying out preparations for their lunar flyby on Monday. That included manual piloting demonstrations, reviewing their science objectives for the six-hour observation period and evaluating their space suits,

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman says Artemis II would not be at this moment without President Trump as Orion prepares to pass the far side of the Moon.

As the Artemis II mission makes its way toward the moon, photos taken by the crew have shifted from highlighting Earth to refocusing on the moon.