""No matter how long we look at this, our brains are not processing this image in front of us. It is absolutely spectacular, surreal," said Reid Wiseman, the commander of NASA's Artemis II mission."
"The preparation is paying off. The Orion spacecraft has performed well since its launch last week, and the crew looped behind the Moon on Monday, reaching their closest point to the lunar surface at a distance of 4,067 miles."
"In three years of training, Wiseman and his crewmates learned how to pilot and operate their Orion Moon ship, named Integrity, preparing for the first crew mission on NASA's Space Launch System rocket."
The Artemis II mission crew, led by Reid Wiseman, experienced extraordinary views of the Moon during their journey. After nearly eight hours of observation, Wiseman expressed the difficulty of finding words to describe the spectacle. The crew, trained for emergencies and lunar documentation, reached their closest point to the Moon at 4,067 miles. The Orion spacecraft performed well, achieving a new record distance from Earth at 252,756 miles. The mission marks the first human approach to the Moon in over 53 years.
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