The Artemis II astronauts have wrapped their lunar flyby and begun their journey back to Earth, bringing with them rich celestial observations including little-known craters, a solar eclipse, and meteor strikes.

The crew spent nearly seven hours observing the Moon. "Humans probably have not evolved to see what we're seeing," said Victor Glover. "It is truly hard to describe."

The team broke the distance record set by Apollo 13 in 1970, reaching 252,760 miles from Earth, and experienced a 40-minute communications blackout as Orion passed behind the Moon, which is the first time in over 50 years that humans have lost contact with Earth. The crew also received a late-night call from President Trump, who praised them as "modern-day pioneers."

During the flight, the astronauts proposed naming two unnamed craters: "Integrity" after their spacecraft's nickname, and "Carroll" after the late wife of mission commander Reid Wiseman, who died of cancer. NASA will submit the proposals to the International Astronomical Union. The Orion capsule is now on a four-day journey home.

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