"During the lunar flyby, the astronauts identified two previously unnamed craters and proposed names for them: Integrity, after their Orion spacecraft, and Carroll, for Wiseman's late wife, who died of cancer in 2020."
"The crew also traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history, reaching a distance of 252,756 miles from our home planet. That eclipses Apollo 13's record of 248,655 miles."
"NASA expects the crew will reach Earth's upper atmosphere at 2353 UTC, traveling at nearly 35 times the speed of sound, before splashing down off the coast of San Diego 14 minutes later."
NASA's Artemis II mission successfully launched on April 1, carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. The crew encountered issues with their toilet system and Microsoft Outlook during the ten-day mission. They orbited the Moon, coming within 4,067 miles of its surface, and identified two unnamed craters, proposing names for them. The mission set a new record for distance from Earth, reaching 252,756 miles. The crew is expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego after traveling at nearly 35 times the speed of sound.
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