History TODAY! Artemis 2 swings around the Moon with closest approach at 7:02 p.m. ET — just 6,550 km above the surface. Minutes later, the crew breaks the all-time human distance record at nearly 406,800 km, surpassing Apollo 13's 1970 mark. Four astronauts spend 7 hours observing the lunar landscape and watching a solar eclipse from space. The future of deep space exploration is now. nasa.gov/artemis#Artemis2 #NASA #Moon #DeepSpace