Artemis II's spectacular journey in photos as crew glimpses far side of moon

NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch shared this photograph of EarthArtemis II's spectacular journey in photos as crew glimpses far side of moonIncredible new photos show the four-strong crew of NASA's Orion II gazing back at Earth as they continue on their 700,000-mile round trip around the MoonByBenedict Tetzlaff-DeasNews Reporter14:49, 5 Apr 2026Updated14:51, 5 Apr 2026The crew of NASA's Orion spacecraft has shared more incredible photos from space as they catch their first glimpses of the far side of the Moon. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canada's Jeremy Hansen are set to travel 252,757 miles from Earth - further into space than anyone in human history - on the historic Artemis II mission. Now four days into their voyage, the crew has seen the far side of the Moon for the first time, with mission specialist Christina Koch describing the view as "absolutely spectacular". She explained: "One of the interesting things that happens when you look at a Moon that inherently just looks different is the darker parts aren't quite in the right place. And sure enough, we got our lunar targeting information and we matched up, and we're like, 'Yep, that is the dark side'." But there has been a very Earthly problem for them to deal with on board - the toilet is broken again. Until the capsule’s bathroom is fixed, Mission Control has instructed the astronauts to break out more of the backup urine collection bags. The latest reports are that the toilet in the tiny space capsule was making unusual smells after the crew previously reported a 'burning' smell. Koch radioed Mission Control saying: "Regarding the smell, I just wanted to make sure you all were tracking the EGS notes of the kind of burning heater smell that was coming from toilet several times." The so-called lunar loo malfunctioned following Wednesday’s liftoff, and has been hit-and-miss ever since. An issue with the toilet was potentially caused by the...