NASA's Artemis II mission will be the first human moon mission in more than 50 years.

The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon .

As of 9 a.m. ET on Friday, April 3, the Artemis II crew is almost 84,000 miles away from Earth, and hurtling through space at 4,417 mph towards the moon, according to NASA's Artemis II tracker.