--- title: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Crew Sets Distance Record With Lunar Flyby description: NASA's Artemis II astronauts are on course to make history when they conduct a lunar flyby around the farside of the moon - a first for humans since Apollo 17 in 1972. canonical: https://time.com/article/2026/04/06/watch-artemis-ii-distance-record-lunar-flyby/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2026-04-06T16:58:02.631Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-13T06:52:19.788Z og:title: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Crew Sets Distance Record With Lunar Flyby og:description: NASA's Artemis II astronauts are on course to make history when they conduct a lunar flyby around the farside of the moon - a first for humans since Apollo 17 in 1972. og:url: https://time.com/article/2026/04/06/watch-artemis-ii-distance-record-lunar-flyby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0b0308a170ec1fe/69d3dd8ffd9e1120547895a3/04.06.26_NASA-Lunar_FarSide_STILL_2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: 04.06.26_NASA-Lunar FarSide_STILL 2.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Crew Sets Distance Record With Lunar Flyby twitter:description: NASA's Artemis II astronauts are on course to make history when they conduct a lunar flyby around the farside of the moon - a first for humans since Apollo 17 in 1972. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0b0308a170ec1fe/69d3dd8ffd9e1120547895a3/04.06.26_NASA-Lunar_FarSide_STILL_2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Crew Sets Distance Record With Lunar Flyby ## Video: Watch Live: NASA Artemis II Crew Sets Distance Record With Lunar Flyby [Watch (HLS stream): Watch Live: NASA Artemis II Crew Sets Distance Record With Lunar Flyby](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PsLox2KN.m3u8) (5:15:30)  _Published 2026-04-06. NASA's Artemis II astronauts are on course to make history on Monday when they conduct a lunar flyby around the farside of the moon - a first for humans since Apollo 17 in 1972. The Orion spacecraft carrying the crew is on a course that will take them farther from Earth than any human has ever been, traveling 252,760 miles away, and breaking the Apollo 13's distance record of 248,655 miles set in 1970._ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 6, 2026 4:58 PM UTC by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 6, 2026 4:58 PM UTC NASA's Artemis II astronauts are on course to make history on Monday when they conduct a lunar flyby around the farside of the moon - a first for humans since Apollo 17 in 1972\. 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