Over seven hours, the astronauts took thousands of photos that will help inform scientists’ understanding of the moon. The first ones have now been released.

The milestone occurred around 7 p.m. Monday, when the Orion spacecraft flew over 406,000 km from Earth during its flyby of the moon, surpassing the previous record set by the Apollo 13 crew of 400,171...

The astronauts have now begun their return trip home after venturing farther from Earth than anyone ever has, breaking the 1970 record set by Apollo 13.