Izolo, umkhankaso we-Artemis II uqedele ukundiza kwawo kwenyanga okwakulindelwe ngabomvu, nge-spacecraft ye-Orion iza ngaphakathi nje 4,067 amamayela endaweni yenyanga. Ngesikhathi sokuhamba kwabo ngaphesheya kweNyanga, osomkhathi abane bafinyelele ebangeni eliphakeme kakhulu 252,756 amamayela ukusuka eMhlabeni, ukwephula irekhodi lekhulunyaka elidala lebanga elikude kakhulu lendiza yomuntu emiswe u-Apollo 13.
Phakathi ne-flyby yamahora ayisikhombisa, osomkhathi babone imibono ebingakaze ibonwe ngaphambili ohlangothini olukude lweNyanga, cishe 21% yaleso sifunda esingaqondakali esikhanyiswa yiLanga ngokombono wabo. Ukuxhumana kuphazamiseke isikhathi esingaba 40 imizuzu njengoba i-Orion idlula ngemuva kweNyanga, nezisebenzi nazo zabona okumangalisayo “I-Earthset.”
Osomkhathi beNASA uReid Wiseman, UVictor Glover, Christina Koch, kanye nosomkhathi weCanadian Space Agency uJeremy Hansen basebenze amashifu amabili cishe amahora amahlanu, ukuthatha cishe 10,000 izithombe. Bahlonze izici eziyinhloko ze-geological, kuhlanganise Hertzsprung Basin kanye Orientale Basin, futhi waqamba ama-craters amabili amancane “Ubuqotho” futhi “Carroll” - lo wokugcina ukuhlonipha umkaWiseman ongasekho. Osomkhathi abane bagona futhi bachiphiza izinyembezi ngesikhathi umzuzwana wokuthula ubonwa ku-Mission Control yase-Houston..
Kamuva ku-flyby, abasebenzi bathole ukufiphala kwelanga okuphelele okuthathe cishe ihora - isikhathi eside kakhulu kunemizuzu embalwa ejwayelekile ukufiphala kwelanga okwenzeka emhlabeni. Babone ama-streams ku-corona elanga futhi babona namaplanethi ahlanganisa i-Mars, IVenus, kanye noSaturn, kanye nemibono emangalisayo ye-Milky Way.
Iqoqo elikhulu lezithombe ezithathwe phakathi nalo msebenzi lizohlinzeka ngemininingwane ebalulekile ngemvelaphi yeNyanga futhi lenze isisekelo semishini yesikhathi esizayo yenyanga.. Kusho uMkhuzi uReid Wiseman, “Yilokhu esikwenza kangcono kakhulu uma sonke sihlangene futhi sisebenza njengeqembu.” Isikhulu sesayensi uDkt. U-Kelsey Young wengeza, “Ngempela uyisondeze iNyanga kithi namuhla.”