Follow live updates as NASA's Artemis II crew members circle the moon in the Orion spacecraft. The astronauts lifted off last week and are expected to come within 4,070 miles of the lunar surface.

The four NASA Artemis II astronauts will swing around the far side of the moon, venturing deeper into space than any humans in history.

Artemis II and its four-man crew have entered the Moon’s “sphere of influence,” meaning the spacecraft is more affected by lunar gravity than the Earth’s pull. The transition occurred at a distance of 39,

The crew’s Orion capsule entered what’s known as the lunar sphere of influence at around 12:41 a.m. ET Monday, crossing into the region of space where the moon’s gravitational pull is stronger than the pull of Earth’s.

The journey around the moon of three Americans and one Canadian is going into its sixth day, but it’s not too late to get caught up on it.

The Artemis II crew is almost at the moon, and the astronauts spent this weekend carrying out preparations for their lunar flyby on Monday. That included manual piloting demonstrations, reviewing their science objectives for the six-hour observation period and evaluating their space suits,

NASA says the Artemis II crew has passed the halfway mark between Earth and the moon, releasing new images of Earth from the capsule. Speaking with CBS News from Mission Control in Houston, the astronauts said the mission has already shown them things they’ve never experienced,

Artemis II hit a key milestone Thursday when Orion ignited its engine, propelling the crew on a trip that will reach deeper into space than any human has traveled.