NASA's Artemis II astronauts swung around the moon in their Orion spacecraft on Monday, coming within 4,067 miles of the lunar surface.

The four astronauts eclipsed the distance record of 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13 in April 1970.

A floating Nutella jar aboard NASA's Artemis II went viral, with internet users calling the zero-gravity moment the greatest free advertisement in history.

President Trump praised the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a brief chat late Monday, saying they had "inspired the entire world" after they looped around the moon in a record-breaking voyage.

The first humans to travel around the moon in more than 50 years experience hours of scientific wonder — and moments of deep emotion.

“The dark side of the moon”: The term has a poetic ring. It has long been mined in popular culture, not least by Pink Floyd, the English band whose so-named top-selling semi-psychedelic rock album cemented the term in the 1970s.

The Artemis II crew enters a historic communications blackout Monday as their spacecraft slips behind the Moon's far side, breaking distance records.

The moon looks to most amateur photographers like a bright detail on a completely dark background, and it appears to be about half the width if one fingernail on an outstretched hand. That makes it tricky to shoot with an iPhone, as anyone who has ever tried it can attest.