Today marks an historic moment for NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission as the crew flies to the far side of the moon and sets a record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by any human in history.

The four astronauts are on a voyage around the moon and back.

Today's part of the mission is the most anticipated, a seven-hour flyby that circles the moon, more

than 250,000 miles away from the Earth.

This afternoon, mission specialist Christina Cook spoke about the capsule's approach to the

moon with a science officer back at NASA.

Kelsey, it's so great to hear your voice on the loops.

I just want to channel everything that you guys are

probably feeling right through my eyes and heart. It is awesome to see the side of the moon.

You guys made us excited for this day, and we couldn't appreciate it anymore. And we are ready

to hopefully deliver on all the awesome training you guys have provided.

Joining us once again is our science correspondent Miles O'Brien.

So Miles, this crew, three Americans, one Canadian, traveled the furthest distance ever traveled by humans from Earth.

There's a moment when the mission commander, Reid Wiseman, sees a crater on the moon that's never been seen before. Tell us about that moment.

Omna, I've been covering space for decades, and I can't remember a moment quite like this from an

astronaut speaking back to the planet Earth. Perhaps we could go back to the Apollo A crew reading from Genesis,

but this one was distinctly personal.

Reed Weissman was looking at specific features on the moon

and took a moment to dedicate one feature to his late wife, Carol.

Listen.

A number of years ago, we started this journey in our close-knit astronaut family,

and we lost a loved one. And there's a feature in a really neat place on the moon,

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