The Artemis II crew is now just 13,000 miles away from the moon, and about half an hour from surpassing the record for the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth. That record, 248,655 miles, was set by Apollo 13 in 1970, according to NASA.

The astronauts aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft on the Artemis II mission captured breathtaking photos of Earth during their 10-day journey to and from the moon.

The crew just surpassed the record previously set by the Apollo 13 astronauts in 1970 for the farthest distance ever traveled from our home planet.

On April 1, the Artemis II crew began their 10-day journey to orbit the moon. Here's when and where the crew will return.

The Artemis crew will lose all contact with NASA for approximately 40 minutes starting around 6:40 p.m. EST on Monday

The new Artemis II images — coupled with initial shots of the spacecraft hurtling through Earth's orbit, surrounded by glittering, galactic ice — have rendered much of the public awestruck, feeds flooding over with an overwhelming sense of emotion as the astronauts look back at our home.

Astronauts are about to document a part of the moon humans have never fully seen—and it could change what we know about its past.