'Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! Thank you, Reid," Mission Control responded. For those who have read Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary or have seen the film adaptation from Phil Lord and Chris Miller starring Ryan Gosling, this quote was a reference to Rocky, the Eridian alien who helps Ryland Grace attempt to save things we won't spoil here.

Artemis II astronauts are preparing to set a new distance record from Earth on Monday as the crew races to slingshot the Orion capsule around the moon before heading back toward Earth.

NASA's Artemis II crew described the far side of the moon in eloquent detail, named a crater after Cmdr. Reid Wiseman's late wife and spoke of their immense love for Earth.

In the span of a few hours Monday night, the Artemis II crew broke a record and did something else no humans have ever done before.

After the Artemis II mission surpassed Apollo 13’s distance record, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen offered some remarks — and a poignant suggestion from the crew. He asked to name two relatively recent craters on the moon.

The crew of Artemis II is once again in the pull of Earth's gravity on Wednesday as their capsule speeds at 2,000 miles an hour toward a splashdown off Southern California. Mark Strassmann has the latest from mission control in Houston and Rob Marciano tracks the weather ahead of their return.