00:00Astronauts on board the Artemis II spacecraft are now making their return to Earth following a historic lunar flyby.
00:07They are due to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the US at 8pm local time
00:13on Friday.
00:16During the mission, the spacecraft reached its maximum distance of 406,771 km from Earth.
00:25The crew also travelled around the far side of the moon, a region never visible from Earth and never before
00:31seen by human eyes.
00:33The mission had set a record for the furthest distance humans have ever travelled into space.
00:38It was previously held by the Apollo 13 crew that reached 400,171 km from Earth in 1970.
00:47The four crew members also experienced a 40-minute communications blackout with NASA's mission control.
00:53the longest in human spaceflight history as they pass behind the moon.
00:58The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
00:58The four crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
00:58The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
00:59The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
00:59The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
00:59The four crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
01:00The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
01:00The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
01:01The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
01:01The three crew members were still in the Pacific Ocean.
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